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contraband

item illegal to possess or sell because it is outlawed or was illegally obtained
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Summary

contraband is a legal term or legal concept[1]. contraband draws 876 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #76 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • contraband's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • contraband's instance of is recorded as economic concept[4].
  • contraband is a type of goods[5].
  • contraband is a type of personal property[6].
  • contraband's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • contraband's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • contraband's used by is recorded as smuggling[9].
  • contraband's used by is recorded as seizure[10].
  • contraband's has characteristic is recorded as violation of law[11].
  • contraband's different from is recorded as smuggling[12].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and economic concept[4].

Why It Matters

contraband draws 876 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #76 of 484).[2] contraband has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] contraband is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Has characteristic → violation of law
    Different from → smuggling
    Subclass of → good/s, personal property
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia"
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