Definition of Bootleggers

1. Noun. (plural of bootlegger) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bootleggers

1. bootlegger [n] - See also: bootlegger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bootleggers

booting up
bootjack
bootjacked
bootjacking
bootjacks
bootlace
bootlaces
bootlast
bootlasts
bootle
bootleg
bootlegged
bootlegger
bootlegger reverse
bootlegger reverses
bootleggers
bootlegging
bootlegs
bootles
bootless
bootlessly
bootlessness
bootlessnesses
bootlick
bootlicked
bootlicker
bootlickers
bootlicking
bootlicks
bootlike

Literary usage of Bootleggers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preliminary Economic Studies of the War by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Economics and History, Thomas Nixon Carver (1919)
"Much liquor was being furnished soldiers by bootleggers who operated out of ... It will now be possible to convict the vast majority of bootleggers who are ..."

2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"... issues the receipt to "joints," "blind tigers," "bootleggers," "hole-in-the-wall" men and "speakeasies." The Treasury Department also protects, ..."

3. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1990)
"Former bootleggers emerged as leading industrialists. The profits and power of alcohol regained legal control of a significant segment of media culture. ..."

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