How to Use contraband in a Sentence

contraband

noun

• 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
• He was sentenced to 15 years with three years to serve in the contraband case.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2020
• The flow of contraband is controlled by prison gangs, in this case Crips and Bloods.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 17 Apr. 2018
• The contraband are all over the United States, the agency said.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2021
• The dog acknowledged some type of contraband in the car.
  — cleveland, 5 Mar. 2020
• At that time, the agents also seized and destroyed the contraband meat.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
• The stops rarely resulted in the seizure of contraband.
  — NBC News, 16 June 2020
• Six 24/7 checkpoints have been set up on the main entrances to the city to search for weapons or contraband.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• The clear designs are meant to prevent the tablets from being used to store contraband or weapons.
  — Gabrielle Caplan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
• The detainee then took the contraband on a bus back to Rikers Island.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
• However, a search of the Dodge didn’t yield any contraband.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 5 May 2021
• 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 firearm charges could add an additional five years in prison, as would the contraband charges.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 12 Apr. 2018
• Walk along the beach with an eye out for shipwrecked contraband and treasure, and people will smile at you.
  — Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
• The contraband, bought in Libya, could be sold in Italy for a large markup by skirting high import duties.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2020
• She was imaged by X-ray; the images showed no contraband.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
• The trooper found two traps used to conceal contraband in the floorboard, the affidavit says.
  — Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
• No charges were brought against the family, and no drugs or other contraband were seized.
  — Eliza Fawcett, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
• The sheriff says inmates won’t be punished for the contraband.
  — USA TODAY, 4 July 2019
• And police could no longer use the odor of cannabis as a reason for searching someone's car for contraband.
  — Marina Villeneuve and Jennifer Peltz, Star Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
• And police could no longer use the odor of cannabis as a reason for searching someone’s car for contraband.
  — Frank Miles, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2021
• During the long, long months when Russian forces were in charge, the national flag was contraband.
  — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
• The government, after all, has the power to open bags crossing into its territory or even dismantle cars to search for contraband, Joh points out.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
• Gang leaders had been caught with dozens of contraband phones and used them to run drug rings and order murders, arsons, robberies and shakedowns throughout California and beyond, according to court records.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025