transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän-trə-ˌband ]
noun
Etymology: Italian contrabbando, from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- + bannus, bannum decree, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bannan to command — more at ban
Date: circa 1529
1. : illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
2. : goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden ; also : smuggled goods
3. : a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines
• contraband adjective