BLACK vs CONTRABAND: NOUN
- The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
- Popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
- British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
- Total absence of light
- (board games) the darker pieces
- The condition of making or operating at a profit.
- The player using these pieces.
- The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
- Something that is colored black.
- An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
- Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- Clothing of the darkest hue, especially such clothing worn for mourning.
- Complete or almost complete absence of light; darkness.
- A pigment or dye having this color value.
- A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
- The achromatic color value of minimum lightness or maximum darkness; the color of objects that absorb nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; one extreme of the neutral gray series, the opposite being white. Although strictly a response to zero stimulation of the retina, the perception of black appears to depend on contrast with surrounding color stimuli.
- A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
- Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
- That which, according to international law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved belligerent.
- A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.
- Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
- In the United States, during the civil war, a negro slave, especially an escaped or a captured slave: so called from a decision of General B. F. Butler, in 1861, that slaves coming into his lines or captured were contraband of war, and so subject to confiscation.
- Anything by law prohibited to be imported or exported.
- Illegal or prohibited traffic.
- An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines.
- Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.
- Smuggled goods.
- Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling.
- Goods that are possessed contrary to law or rule, as in a prison or school.
- Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.
- Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: ADJECTIVE
- Cheerless and depressing; gloomy.
- Marked by anger or sullenness.
- Attended with disaster; calamitous.
- Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor.
- Wearing clothing of the darkest visual hue.
- Served without milk or cream.
- Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations.
- Disclosed, for reasons of security, only to an extremely limited number of authorized persons; very highly classified.
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- Distributed or sold illicitly
- Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
- Having little or no light.
- Of or belonging to an American ethnic group descended from African peoples having dark skin; African-American.
- Boycotted as part of a labor union action.
- Evil; wicked.
- Soiled, as from soot; dirty.
- Very dark in color.
- Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a black diamond, indicating a high level of difficulty.
- Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- Offering little or no hope
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- Harshly ironic or sinister
- Marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- Extremely dark
- Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- Soiled with dirt or soot
- Dressed in black
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.
- Prohibited from being traded
- Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden.
- Prohibited from being imported or exported.
- Distributed or sold illicitly
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: VERB
- Make or become black
- To import illegally; to smuggle.
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To make black.
- To apply blacking to.
- To boycott as part of a labor union action.
- To become black.
- N/A
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To declare prohibited; to forbid.
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To poach. See black, n., 8.
- Dark-complexioned.
- A person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
- Wicked or dishonorable
- Bringing ruin
- To blacken; stain; sully; defame.
- To clean and polish (shoes, etc.) by blacking and brushing them.
- To make black; blacken or put a black color on; soil; stain: as, to black one's hands.
- To become black; take on a black color.
- To import illegally, as prohibited goods; smuggle.
- Prohibited or excluded by proclamation, law, or treaty.
- To declare prohibited; forbid.
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: RELATED WORDS
- Evil, Angry, Opprobrious, Dim, Dirty, Colorful, Blackened, Clothed, Achromatic, Achromatic, Clad, Negroid, Dark, Negro, Colored
- Haul, Felony, Forbidden, Smuggler, Dutiable, Trafficking, Illicit, Counterfeit, Smuggle, Smuggling, Black market, Black, Bootleg, Illegal, Smuggled
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Evil, Angry, Opprobrious, Dim, Dirty, Colorful, Blackened, Clothed, Achromatic, Achromatic, Clad, Negroid, Dark, Negro, Colored
- Private, Haul, Felony, Forbidden, Smuggler, Dutiable, Trafficking, Illicit, Counterfeit, Smuggle, Black market, Black, Bootleg, Illegal, Smuggled
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- This week at my house I have a black dog, gray cat, and two black horses.
- The black tabletop, black ceramics, and white cabinetry look fabulous against a backdrop of natural wood.
- Blacks began to boycott businesses in black neighborhoods that would not hire black workers.
- Buttercup and barnevelder chicks are brown with black markings and black ameraucana chicks are black and white.
- The Silkie bird is black throughout: skin, muscles and bones are all black.
- COLOR: White clock face with black numbers and black mounting frame.
- OHA percent black households are located in predominantly black census tracts.
- Chicago and stop the black on black crime?
- White indentured servants, free black servants, free black children of indentured servants, free black servants turned black slave owners, and so forth.
- The Mezzo has multiple viewing modes, including black on white, white on black, green on black, yellow on black and yellow on blue.
- There was, however, a key drawback to the law of contraband: that it only applied to goods that actually qualified as contraband.
- CONTRABAND CONTROLSigns prohibiting the taking or possession of contraband in the Detention Facility shall be posted onthe exterior of every entrance.
- Inside, the officers saw several items of suspected contraband and obtained a warrant, which led to the discovery of more contraband.
- When an officer sees or feels contraband, he knows it is present and he can tell who has possession of that contraband.
- Contraband or plans to send contraband to the facility.
- Contraband Contraband is anything that is not: Issued to you by an institution staff member.
- Police Act any contraband and any person believed to be handling contraband.
- G4S have begun trailing an innovative prison contraband detection technology to prevent contraband from getting into prisons.
- Contraband inspection services utilizing contraband detection canines will be conducted on an unannounced basis.
- BGF leaders allegedly used contraband cell phones to order contraband.
BLACK vs CONTRABAND: QUESTIONS
- What did the Royal Black Institution say about the Black Saturday incident?
- Why does Mr Hooper wear a black veil in the Minister's Black Veil?
- Is not acting black the most important rule for dating a black woman?
- Can Monistat for black hair growth be mixed with Jamaican black castor oil?
- How do you find the black height of a red black tree?
- Is Djarum Black cigars the same as djarums black clove cigarettes?
- Why does my black justified order ship with a black band?
- Is Dorea black related to Sirius Black and James Potter?
- What is the black market in Black Ops 3 multiplayer?
- Are black gram whole lentils the same as black beans?
- Is contraband smuggling a problem at prisons and jail?
- Where does Contraband Days take place in Louisiana?
- What is the charge for promoting prison contraband?
- Where did the smugglers hide their contraband goods?
- How did BGF control contraband smuggling inside prisons?
- Do contraband slot machines drop Cartel Market certificates?
- Did drones air-drop contraband into Quebec prisons?
- How do airport security scanners detect contraband?
- Why choose contraband crew for marquee installation?
- Can correctional officers search inmates for contraband?