how to pronounce contraband

/ˈkɒn.tɹə.bænd/

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contraband is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of contraband in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… checking whether goods are contraband or …”

meaning of contraband

Contraband is goods that are smuggled into a country that are not allowed to be brought in.

contraband frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word contraband occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics contraband can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that contraband can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;