contraband

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Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.

From BBC

While the agents are busy nabbing the migrants, the cartels will send over higher-value contraband such as drugs.

From Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday told Congress he’s unaware that cartels use illegal immigrants to flood the border and sneak over dangerous contraband.

From Washington Times

The agents found no contraband, seizing only membership cards to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and two magazines that “appeared to contain pro-Japanese propaganda,” according to FBI records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

From Los Angeles Times

One performance video was made at the Virginia site of the first camp for “contraband,” a Civil War-era term for enslaved people who fled to Union Army lines.

From Washington Post