How to Use contraband in a Sentence

contraband

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  • The border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband.
  • Police seized the contraband and sent the man, 22, of Erie, Pa., on his way.
    — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The contraband was not in plain sight and the officer asked if the nursing staff could search the patient.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • She was found to be in possession of a contraband cell phone.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Officials say the drones have been used to drop contraband.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • Cheaters have been caught sneaking off to the bathroom to check moves on contraband smartphones.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Better like fights and, and suicides and contraband use.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • All contraband that customs agents are trained to catch.
    — Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • The trooper found two traps used to conceal contraband in the floorboard, the affidavit says.
    — Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • During the long, long months when Russian forces were in charge, the national flag was contraband.
    — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Hamm said most of the contraband is thrown over the perimeter fences and the ADOC does not have the personnel to adequately prevent that.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • All of the drugs were turned over to the Border Patrol, which said in a statement on Twitter that the total street value of the contraband was about $2 million.
    — David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns), al, 1 Aug. 2022
  • And the shadow market for drone contraband appears to be growing.
    — Wired, 31 July 2022
  • There is also a huge influx of trafficked contraband, such as drugs and cell phones, into the prison system.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Carrying contraband cigarettes, the boat ran aground in a bout of bad weather in the early 1980s while fleeing the Greek Navy.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Some media in Poland suggested that the three divers might have been involved in a smuggling ring and could have been searching for contraband.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Cops will probably pull over perplexed VF8 drivers and demand to know where the contraband is stashed.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 May 2023
  • But the lax security opened a gateway for contraband, such as drugs, cellphones and weapons.
    — Lekan Oyekanmi, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • In May, a man and a woman were arrested during an alleged contraband drop outside the DeKalb jail.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Coker and Porter are each charged with one count of first-degree promoting prison contraband.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Their case managers have been laid off, and people from the street continue to enter the building at all hours to use the bathrooms, sleep, use drugs or buy contraband.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • The police fined that vendor and proceeded to seize dozens of pounds of the contraband from others, fining them and threatening them with prison.
    — New York Times, 31 July 2022
  • The analysis also found that white drivers were more likely to be found with contraband.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The public and media will not be permitted to view the tapes, as they are considered contraband, but jurors will.
    — Sonia Moghe, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Authentic versions of old school haggis remain culinary contraband in the US, as hard to lay your hands on as Cuban cigars.
    — Angus MacKinnon, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
  • As the stops became more purposeful, there was a slight uptick in the frequency with which contraband was discovered.
    — Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Hoe is now charged with multiple counts of promoting prison contraband and his bond for the murder charge has been revoked.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Why would anyone build a new service station if your product was contraband in 12 years?
    — Jeff Hewitt, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
  • As for the contraband charges, records note that a cell phone is dangerous because it can be used to coordinate an escape.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • More overdose cases in L.A. juvenile halls amid vows to crack down on contraband.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023

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