Someone who delivers or sells illegal goods is a trafficker. Some traffickers move controlled substances or weapons from one state or country to another. In some cases, a trafficker can also be called a smuggler.
The generic term describing all forms of illicit trade is “trafficking in illicit goods,” and includes piracy (copyright infringements), counterfeiting (trademark infringements), smuggling of legitimate products, and tax evasion.
On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illegal sales, such as: bootleg market, gray market, illegitimate business, illicit business, run, and shady dealings.
Definitions of bootlegger. someone who makes or sells illegal goods, especially illegal liquor. synonyms: moonshiner. type of: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.
On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illegal, such as: banned, criminal, illegitimate, illicit, irregular, and outlawed.
Bootleggers is a euphemism for booze smugglers. They took they're name from Cowboys who smuggled flat bottles of whiskey inside their boots onto Indian reservations to trade with the natives after the practice had been prohibited.
What is the difference between bootlegger and smuggler?
Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land.
Is it a crime to sell something that doesn t belong to you?
The basic rule of law is that you cannot sell what you do not own. That means, of course, that you cannot buy from a non-owner either. There is always a loser when goods are sold by a person who does not have the authority to sell.
Although becoming a reseller is generally legal, there are some fines you need to think about. For example, although manufacturers can't forbid you to sell their products after buying them, note that you can't use their trademarks for advertising without permission.
On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illegal alien, such as: day-crosser, illegal immigrant, and undocumented immigrant.
Illegal Behaviour means any behaviour which is prohibited by law and includes any anti- competitive or collusive behaviour, without limitation, prohibited by regulation or legislation including, without limitation, the Commerce Act 1986, the Fair Trading Act 1986 and any acts subsequently passed in substitution ...
While moonshine can simply be a synonym for moonlight, it's often used as slang for bootleg (or illicit) whiskey, as well as a colorful way to say "nonsense." For example, you could say, "I listened to her speech, but I finally decided everything she said was nothing but moonshine." This "without substance" meaning is ...
In English, moonshine is also known as mountain dew, choop, hooch (abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit), homebrew, mulekick, shine, white dog, white lightning, white/corn liquor, white/corn whiskey, pass around, firewater, and bootleg.
Moonshine is whiskey that is made illegally. If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality.
someone who takes goods or people into or out of a country illegally: a drug/arms/human smuggler. An increasing number of migrants are turning to smugglers for help.
"Coyotes" is the name for smugglers who facilitate the migration of people across the Mexico–United States and Bolivia–Chile borders. Another term used for minors who smuggle people across the Mexico–United States border is "polleros".
speakeasy, place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold, especially such establishments in the United States during Prohibition (1920–33). In more recent years the term has also applied to legal bars that are modeled on historical speakeasies.
In the case of transporting illegal drugs, the term drug mule applies. Other slang terms include Kinder Surprise and Easter Egg. Small-scale operations, in which one courier carries one piece or a very small quantity, are sometimes called the ant trade.
On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illegal liquor, such as: bathtub gin, bootleg liquor, corn liquor, home brew, hooch, and moonshine.
