buttlegging

Example:Many individuals turned to bootlegging or buttlegging as a means of making a living during prohibition.

Definition:The activity of distributing or selling distilled spirits in violation of prohibition laws.

Example:The buttlegger was also involved in rumrunning, using his fleet of ships to smuggle alcohol into the country.

Definition:The illegal business of transporting and selling alcoholic beverages in violation of prohibition laws.

Example:Some enthusiasts might use the term 'aristocratism' to describe the status of a distiller in the world of buttlegging.

Definition:A term that might be used metaphorically to describe the acts of those who keep and sell illegally produced alcohol, though it is not a direct synonym.