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buttlegging
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English
Etymology
Blend of butt + bootlegging.
Noun
buttlegging (uncountable)
- (informal) The smuggling of cigarettes.
- 1977, Time, volume 110, numbers 19-26, page 84:
- Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, who conducted Senate buttlegging hearings last month, says that the Mob's infiltration has led to "increasing violent crime: extortion and bribery, truck hijackings, armed robberies, serious assaults […]
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