contrabando

el contrabando(
kohn
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trah
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bahn
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doh
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. smuggling
Practicar contrabando está penado con varios años de cárcel.Engaging in smuggling is punishable by several years' imprisonment.
a. contraband
La policía del aeropuerto halló contrabando en la maleta del detenido.The airport police found contraband in the arrested man's suitcase.
b. smuggled goods (plural)
Los guardias no se explican cómo pudo llegar el contrabando a la celda del prisionero.Prison guards can't explain how the smuggled goods got into the prisoner's cell.
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