prohibited article

The temporary powers allow police officers to search those they believe to be under "reasonable suspicion" of committing a crime, planning to commit a crime or in possession of a "prohibited article".

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

The principal ones of our country are rice and indigo; tobacco is a prohibited article.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Jared Sparks

Under these circumstances, it was natural that persons interested in the English iron manufacture should turn their attention to some other description of fuel which should serve as a substitute for the prohibited article.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles

They gave an artificial and still higher value to the prohibited article.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by William Hickling Prescott

After receiving the sum agreed upon between the importer and themselves they frequently become the purchasers of the prohibited article.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Sir John Barrow