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[[File:Smuggling_in_car.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Caught smuggling liquor in a dashboard]] | [[File:Smuggling_in_car.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Caught smuggling liquor in a dashboard]] | ||
Originally coined for the ship captains who would bring [[rum]] into the Continental United States after a tax was imposed on [[molasses]]. The term is widely used in modern times to denote someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border. See also [[bootlegger]]. | Originally coined for the ship captains who would bring [[rum]] into the Continental United States after a tax was imposed on [[molasses]]. The term is widely used in modern times to denote someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border. See also [[bootlegger]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:30, 15 December 2022
Originally coined for the ship captains who would bring rum into the Continental United States after a tax was imposed on molasses. The term is widely used in modern times to denote someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border. See also bootlegger.