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Initially, bootlegging was a term for people who carried flasks of liquor on their bodies, in rounded bottles that strapped to the calves of their legs, where the bottle would be hidden by their boot and yet easily accessed. Soon the term was used to identify anyone who transported alcohol over land.
Rum runners made use of the fact that liquor wasn't banned if more than 3-miles offshore. People who owned small boats would meet larger boats carrying liquor in legal waters (usually in the dead of night) and transport the alcohol to shore, where it would be sold to bootleggers.
These two terms quickly became synonymous to describe people who transported liquor illegally.
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Is bootlegging a felony?
Bootlegging alcohol, yes. Bootlegging trademarked or copyrighted material, it depends on the item that was bootlegged in some cases.
What is bootlegging in 1920?
Bootlegging was the unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages. You might smuggle a flat whiskey bottle in the top of your boots- bootlegging.
What major family originally made its money from bootlegging?
Joseph Kennedy , father of John, made a lot of money bootlegging.
Why was the bootlegging in Canada in 1920s?
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Where did bootlegging come from?
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What page is bootlegging on in the outsiders?
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Did bootlegging take place in NASCAR?
No. But it is said that bootlegging became the start for track racing in cars that look (a bit) like production cars.
What was bootlegging?
Bootlegging refers to the illegal production, distribution, or sale of alcohol during the Prohibition era in the United States (1920-1933). Bootleggers would often smuggle alcohol across borders or produce their own homemade alcohol in order to circumvent the ban on alcohol sales.
Who profited the most from bootlegging?
history, prohibtion
What was the punishment for bootlegging?
The consequences for bootlegging is to spend time in jail with no bail money and to be put on probation like no entering any bars and to go for counseling as well.
What increased during the 1920's?
Bootlegging.
What is it called when you provide illegal alcohol?
It is called bootlegging
