How to use "contraband" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "contraband" in popular movie and book plots

  • Miss Anscombe gives Campion her brother's diary, and tells him she believes he was smuggling contraband in the caves under the hill.  - Traitor's Purse
  • Pili makes a living for her mother and herself by selling contraband American cigarettes in the street.  - Furrows (film)
  • While in the shipyard, contraband data is discovered secreted in the scrubbers.  - Hunting Party (novel)
  • As such, Chaser sees to it that Kabir safely transports his contraband from theS.  - Chaser (video game)
  • As the cartel begins to smuggle their contraband in barrels disguised asS.  - Aces: Iron Eagle III
  • The trio seek the aid of a homeless cripple, Abdul (Mazhar Khan) and manage to find and destroy Shakaal's contraband warehouse in the city.  - Shaan (film)
  • They are trying to find a contraband pair of contact lenses that will allow Cora to evade the retinal scan at the Steel Harbor airport.  - Barb Wire (film)
  • Finding Galina doesn't take long, and Jacques must wrap up the mission by returning Galina and the contraband to his superiors by train.  - Derailed (2002 film)
  • They place a cast around his arm and put the contraband jewels inside the cast.  - The Diamond Arm
  • Ben, Paul, and Frank get a load of contraband goods from a Hong Kong smuggler and agree to take them to a Vietnamese gangster named Leong.  - Bullet in the Head
  • They cross paths with Kurda on the Seascab in the middle of a lightning storm, but the contraband vessel escapes.  - Triss
  • Among those suspicious is Samhayne, a benevolent smuggler of contraband and food supplies to the various cities.  - Ultima IX: Ascension
  • On the flight she meets a woman named Maryalice, who dupes her into unwittingly carrying a contraband item through customs in Tokyo.  - Idoru
  • From that point on, Scribble is on a mission to find a rare and contraband Curious Yellow feather so that he might find his sister.  - Vurt
  • Andy is befriended by contraband smuggler, Ellis "Red" Redding, an inmate serving a life sentence.  - The Shawshank Redemption
  • Pyle improves with Joker's help, but his progress halts when Hartman discovers a contraband jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker.  - Full Metal Jacket

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