Contraband

Definitions

1. Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
   uncountable, usually
2. Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
   uncountable, usually
3. A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
   US, countable, historical, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“While some Yanks treated contrabands with a degree of equity or benevolence, the more typical response was indifference, contempt, or cruelty.”

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