Bootleggery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbuːtˌlɛɡəɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bootleggery is a noun meaning The crime of bootlegging.
Meaning
The crime of bootlegging.
More Meanings
- A place or area where bootlegging is done.
- (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a bootlegger.
Example Sentences
Bootleggery was common where he was from.
And you knew also that he had been instrumental in securing a concession from one Rex Sheldon, who was connected with the Republican National Committee, didn't you, with reference to his activities in the bootleggery in New York?
The fellow across the road gives up farming and turns his place into a pastoral bootleggery. Picnickers appropriate the lawn and declare for the proletariat. The sheriff comes, argues with them and they depart, leaving the Sunday[…]
He closed up his bootleggery and moved it to the middle of the block. A literal, simple soul that obeyed to the letter the slogan of the Anti-Saloon League. The passing of the corner saloon in New York has changed the whole face of[…]
Word Forms
- bootleggeries
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