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Preferred term

bootlegging  

Definition(s)

  • While the term bootlegging likely entered the lexicon of American slang many decades earlier, it is chiefly associated with the illegal production, distribution, and sale of alcohol during Prohibition (1920–33). The precise origins of the term are somewhat vague. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Bootlegging]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-STB913G3-H

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