GRE Word List
CONTRABAND
illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
The meaning of the word contraband is illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling.
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| provenance | origin |
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| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
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| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
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| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
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