What is "noncontraband"

Usage examples of "noncontraband".

Their cargoes of wheat were officially noncontraband, but wheat was of as vital importance to Bonaparte as ever was hemp, or pitch, or any other item on the contraband list — the more wheat he could import, the more men he could draft into his armies.

Their cargoes of wheat were officially noncontraband, but wheat was of as vital importance to Bonaparte as ever was hemp, or pitch, or any other item on the contraband list - the more wheat he could import, the more men he could draft into his armies.