<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.</li><li>goods imported or exported illegally.</li><li>illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling.</li><li>contraband of war.</li><li>(during the American Civil War) an enslaved Black person who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>prohibited from export or import.</li></ul>