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CONTRABAND [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Security
DEF

Act of bringing into or taking out of a country secretly, under illegal conditions or without paying the required import or export duties.

CONT

Smuggling of weapons and explosives.

OBS

contraband: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Sécurité
DEF

Introduction clandestine, dans un pays, de marchandises prohibées ou dont on ne règle pas les droits de douane, d'octroi.

CONT

Faire la contrebande du tabac, des armes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Seguridad
DEF

Introducción de mercancías sin pagar los derechos de aduana correspondientes, y en general comercio o producción ilícita de bienes.

OBS

contrabando: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 1994-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Penal Administration
DEF

Anything that is in an inmate's possession in circumstances in which possession thereof is forbidden by any Act, regulation or Commissioner's Directive, or by an order of general or specific application within the penitentiary in which the inmate is imprisoned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Administration pénitentiaire
DEF

Objets qu'un détenu a en sa possession en violation d'une interdiction édictée par une loi, un règlement, une Directive du Commissaire ou une mesure d'application générale ou particulière au pénitencier où il est incarcéré.

Spanish

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