bootlegger

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  • Lupp is a former gangster and bootlegger, and when he needed men for this job, he gathered up his old associates; but they did not have money enough to buy a plane or finance a trip here. —  054 - Ost
  • And when he did, Dutch was not there to question him The train of events rather upset the kidnaper and ex-bootlegger. —  095 - The Devil's Playground
  • Most of the "lost" stuff has come out on bootlegs via people with an inside connection at EMI (the Ultra Rare Trax and Unsurpassed Masters series), but for those few remaining holy grails, it's a matter of getting EMI to release them (and their history with Beatles rarity releases hasn't exactly been stellar) or a bootlegger getting lucky, like with this version of Revolution. —  MetaFilter Projects
  • People are encouraged to dress as a flapper or a bootlegger. —  Minot Daily News
  • I hope he runs these corrupt bootlegger-suppliers out of business!!!!! —  --1010 WINS Newswatch Headlines
 

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bootlegger:   bootleggers
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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