English to afrikaans meaning of

contraband

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "smokkelary" is:(selfstandige naamwoord) goedere wat onwettig in- of uitgevoer is, tipies sonder om die nodige belasting of heffings te betaal; verbode of verbode goedere wat onwettig gesmokkel of verhandel word.(byvoeglike naamwoord) deur wet of verdrag verbied; wat die smokkel of onwettige handel van goedere behels.Byvoorbeeld, "Die owerhede het op 'n groot hoeveelheid smokkelmiddels by die grens beslag gelê." of "Die besit van smokkelgoedere soos wapens is streng verbode in die tronk."

Sentence Examples

  1. It was a dark moonless night, perfect for smugglers to exchange contraband.
  2. He had scarcely been a week at Leghorn before the hold of his vessel was filled with printed muslins, contraband cottons, English powder, and tobacco on which the excise had forgotten to put its mark.
  3. They were looking for concealed weapons, smuggled Jewish folks, runaway airmen, and contraband food.
  4. I sent the other fireteam back to the base while we bagged and tagged the little bit of contraband we found.
  5. Each side of the tunnel had been made into storage for contraband inside the hollow Barrier wall.
  6. In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, while on the desk before him might be seen sundry contraband articles and prohibited weapons, detected upon the persons of idle urchins, such as half-munched apples, popguns, whirligigs, fly-cages, and whole legions of rampant little paper gamecocks.
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