different between smuggling vs contraband
smuggling
English
Verb
smuggling
- present participle of smuggle
Noun
smuggling (countable and uncountable, plural smugglings)
- An act of something being smuggled.
Translations
Swedish
Etymology
smuggla +? -ing
Noun
smuggling c
- smuggling
Declension
Related terms
- smuggel
- smuggelförsök
- smuggelgods
- smuggelliga
- smuggelsprit
- smuggeltrafik
- smuggla
- smugglare
- smugglarkung
- smuggleri
- smugglingsförsök
References
- smuggling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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contraband
English
Etymology
From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.t???bænd/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n.t???bænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Noun
contraband (usually uncountable, plural contrabands)
- (uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
- (uncountable) goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- (countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 497:
- While some Yanks treated contrabands with a degree of equity or benevolence, the more typical response was indifference, contempt, or cruelty.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 497:
Translations
Adjective
contraband (comparative more contraband, superlative most contraband)
- prohibited from being traded
- 1940 – The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America: Having ... – Division of the Federal Register, the National Archives – Page 2191
- "[...] when the seizure is made in connection with a violation involving a contraband article covered by section 1 (b) (1) of the said Act; [...]"
- 1953 – United States, United States. President, United States. Congress – United States Code Congressional and Administrative News – Page 2039
- "The exclusion of mandatory payment of moieties for seizures of contraband controlled substances is accomplished through Section 17 of the bill, [...]"
- 1899 – Albert William Chaster – The Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Executive Officers as Between These ... – Stevens and Haynes – Page 55
- "4. Contraband goods may be seized if found in a river before they are landed or offered for sale."
- 1940 – The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America: Having ... – Division of the Federal Register, the National Archives – Page 2191
Verb
contraband (third-person singular simple present contrabands, present participle contrabanding, simple past and past participle contrabanded)
- (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
- Hudibras
- The law severely contrabands / Our taking business off men's hands.
- Hudibras
Translations
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