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Meanings of contraband trade in English

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Usage of contraband trade in English
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Many a tale was told of Davie's adventures in his contraband trade.
Up in Ardmuirland
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Governor Arrillaga will have none of contraband trade and slaying of our otter.
Rezanov
3
The same principle was maintained in the bill directed against the contraband trade in spirits.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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Long before 1865 all coin had been sent out in contraband trade through the blockade.
The Sequel of Appomattox: A Chronicle of the Reunion of the Stat...
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Helped by the contraband trade through tunnels from Egypt, Gaza militias have smuggled in longer-range rockets.
Reuters
6
I renounced the contraband trade from that moment.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
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Notwithstanding these laws, the contraband trade went on until the beginning of the Civil War in America.
The Negro
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Harrington, brig, and the American contraband trade.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
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He sold his ship and joined Hawkins in his more or less contraband trade with the West Indies.
Days of the Discoverers
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Whether he intended to force the hand of fortune by engaging in the contraband trade can only be inferred.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
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You will hardly say that a contraband trade in opium is more immoral than a contraband trade in negroes.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
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The landlocked country relies on soybean and beef exports, but is also notorious for contraband trade and illicit financing.
Reuters
13
The progress of the woollen manufactures of Ireland excited even more alarm and indignation than the contraband trade with France.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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The landlocked country relies on soybean and beef exports, but it is also notorious for contraband trade and illicit financing.
Reuters
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From that condition he rose to be a dexterous and successful captain in the contraband trade, so extensive in those times.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
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Was it that, assuming to have a monopoly in the wares he dealt in, they would not stand a contraband trade?
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
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