Meaning & use
bootlegger
A person who makes, transports, or sells illegal alcohol or other goods, especially during Prohibition.
See it in a sentence
During Prohibition, bootleggers smuggled whiskey across the border in hidden truck compartments.
The old warehouse once served as a hideout for bootleggers running liquor into the city.
A note on using this word
Bootlegger originally referred to smugglers who hid liquor bottles in their boots; the word now covers any illegal trafficker of goods, including pirated media.
Words with a similar meaning
smuggler
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