Word: bootlegs
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...Federal activities will be largely confined to the major sources of bootleg liquor- ignooring minor Violations, to stop the sources of supply; "importation, diversion of legitimately manufactured alcohol, illigitimate manufacture and transportation of alcohol and alcoholic beverages ... the bootleg industry...
...Haynes, U. S. Prohibition Commissioner, celebrating the completion of his fourth year in office, announced : "The big bootleg operator is making his last stand, as successful enforcement of the prohibition law closes one source of illicit liquor supply after another...
Ernest Truex plays, in that softly purring, neatly whimpering style of his, a little drug clerk out of a job, who succumbs in a moment of weakness to harboring a fearsome suitcase, crammed with bootleg liquor. Unknown to him, it also contains illicit narcotics and, when these are discovered, the little clerk naturally goes into the toils. Eventually he turns the tables, captures the head of the dope gang, is awarded by the authors a berth on the detective force out of gratitude for his ingenious acting...
Good Scotch Bootleg for a spree...
...great flea in this case is the Bootleg Industry, which preys on Lax Citizens. The smaller flea is represented by the type of thing expressed in the following letter, which was sent out last week to scores of reputable citizens in one of the larger cities of the country by a firm situate in one of the best streets: This is not front the Anti-Saloon League nor from a prohibition crank. It is from analysts who know their subjects...