Rum Running

rum running

It stared during the 1920's.

"Rum-running" is the movement of illicit liquor across water, such as rum from Cuba to the US in order to circumvent the long-standing embargo. "Bootlegging" is a similar term, usually used in reference to moving illicit liquor across land, such as from Canada to the US in order to circumvent taxation.

He was freebasing cocaine and drinking 151 rum. Allegedly, his daughter said that he poured the rum on himself and lit it. He then went running down the street on fire.