How to Use contraband in a Sentence

contraband

noun

• The border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband.
• No contraband was found, spokesman Christian Thiels said.
  — Raymond Colitt, Bloomberg.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• Officials fight the flow of contraband through the arrest of smugglers and mass searches.
  — Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
• The charging documents state inmates have received the contraband on post cards and papers mailed to them in the past.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 29 Dec. 2020
• It was not known where the contraband had been obtained, but the girl had reportedly taken one to one-and-a-half gummies.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2020
• He was charged with second-degree assault and possession of contraband at a place of confinement.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• What’s the penalty for a jail guard who takes bribes to bring drugs and other contraband to the prisoners, and are these cases still happening?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2020
• Prison authorities also found the inmate’s contraband cell phone.
  — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 10 Jan. 2021
• Guards checked incoming inmates for contraband before issuing them clothes.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
• Weapons, while not as prevalent a contraband as drugs, are also more difficult to smuggle in because of the body scanner, Pacholl said.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• Police seized the contraband and sent the man, 22, of Erie, Pa., on his way.
  — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
• The car’s passenger, a Cleveland woman, 33, admitted to ownership of the contraband.
  — cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
• The contraband are all over the United States, the agency said.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• During the long, long months when Russian forces were in charge, the national flag was contraband.
  — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
• The state’s policy for 50 years was to open legal mail in the presence of the inmate to inspect it for contraband, the lawsuit said.
  — Dylan Lovan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2021
• But the teen's lawyer argued that no evidence of contraband was found.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 17 July 2024
• Espinosa allegedly used a contraband phone to sell weapons and gun parts while incarcerated in federal prison.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024