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   contraband

   /ˈkɒntrəband/

   noun

   • 1. goods that have been imported or exported illegally: "customs men had searched the carriages for contraband"
   • ▪ trade in smuggled goods: "the salt trade (and contraband in it) were very active in the town"
   • ▪ goods forbidden to be supplied by neutrals to those engaged in war.

   adjective

   • 1. imported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty: "contraband brandy"
   • ▪ relating to traffic in illegal goods: "the contraband market"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Spanish contrabanda, from Italian contrabando, from contra- ‘against’ + bando ‘proclamation, ban’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contrabandist noun

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2. shec.ashp.cuny.edu › items › showBackground Essay on Civil War "Contraband"

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   5 days ago · Background Essay on Civil War "Contraband". This essay describes how runaway slaves escaped to Union camps, and how the army formed "contraband camps" to house runaway slaves and their families.Â. In May, 1861, Union General Benjamin Butler offered military protection to runaway slaves in Virginia, declaring them wartime “contraband,â ...

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Black_marketBlack market - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Common motives for operating in black markets are to trade contraband, avoid taxes and regulations, or evade price controls or rationing. Typically, the totality of such activity is referred to with the definite article, e.g., "the black market in bush meat".

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › InternetInternet - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · The overarching definitions of the two principal name spaces on the Internet, the Internet Protocol address (IP address) space and the Domain Name System (DNS), are directed by a maintainer organization, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Function_(mathematics)Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Functions are often defined by an expression that describes a combination of arithmetic operations and previously defined functions; such a formula allows computing the value of the function from the value of any element of the domain.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurusThesaurus by Merriam-Webster

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   3 days ago · Browse the Thesaurus. Make your writing more precise and effective with the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus. Our unique ranking system helps you find the right word fast—from millions of synonyms, similar words, and antonyms. An indispensable English language reference.

7. www.c-s-a.org.cn › csaen › articleX-ray Security Inspection for Contraband Detection Based on...

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   5 days ago · Cited by. Comments. Abstract: Considering the low detection rate of X-ray security inspection of contraband, an algorithm based on the improved Cascade RCNN is proposed.

8. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › connexionConnexion Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   5 days ago · The meaning of CONNEXION is chiefly British spelling of connection.