McGrath, see #4 of http://www.answers.com/topic/contraband definition for this word:

con·tra·band (kŏn'trə-bãnd')
n.
Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.

1.Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling.

2.Smuggled goods.

3.Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.

4.An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines.
adj.