contrabando

Definitions of contrabando
  1. noun
    secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
    synonyms: chivo, matute, matuteo, meteduría
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    types:
    tráfico de armas
    the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
    type of:
    importación
    the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
  2. noun
    goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
    synonyms: alijo, chivo, matute
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    type of:
    buhonería, efecto, género, géneros, mercadería, mercancías
    commodities offered for sale
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