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  1. Bootlegging | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

    In U.S. history, bootlegging was the illegal manufacture, transport, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition period, which was from 1920 to 1933. During this period …

  2. Rum-running - Wikipedia

    Police use a road roller to destroy bottles of illegal alcohol confiscated in Serpong, out of Jakarta, Indonesia on April 13, 2018. Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling …

  3. Bootlegging - National Museum of American History

    Intended to benefit the common good, Prohibition banned the sale and use of most alcohol from 1920 to 1933. But it did not stop Americans from drinking. Continuing and widespread public …

  4. Bootlegging - New World Encyclopedia

    Bootlegging is an informal term for the smuggling, sale, or transport of illicit goods. The term originally referred to the illegal transport and sale of alcohol. During Prohibition in the United …

  5. Bootlegging During Prohibition · The Unintended Consequences …

    “January 16, 1920, was the last day on the job for countless Americans who worked in the legal liquor industry. The Volstead law threatened the livelihood of everybody in the liquor trade …

  6. Bootleggers and Bathtub Gin - Prohibition: An Interactive History

    Olmstead was a Seattle Police lieutenant who switched to bootlegging during Prohibition, with Elsie reading coded children’s bedtime stories on the radio station they started (KFQX) to …

  7. Where the Term "Bootlegging" Came From - Today I Found Out

    Aug 30, 2016 · By the end of the 1800s, this idea of concealing something illicit, like alcohol, in one’s boot-leg led to the term being extended to those who made and/or transported alcohol …

  8. BOOTLEGGING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of BOOTLEG is the upper part of a boot. How to use bootleg in a sentence.

  9. Bootlegging Definition - US History – 1865 to Present Key Term

    Bootlegging refers to the illegal production, distribution, or sale of goods, particularly alcoholic beverages, during the Prohibition era in the United States from 1920 to 1933.

  10. See All The Crafty Ways Americans Hid Alcohol During Prohibition

    Jan 16, 2019 · In 1930, police raided Eugene Shine’s Long Beach, California, home, uncovering $20,000 in liquor—evidence of large-scale bootlegging. Prohibition only drove the alcohol …