What is to declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras called?
contraband — To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras. (Webster's 1913.)
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