buttlegging

noun

buttlegging

noun

Etymology Blend of butt + bootlegging.

1

Informal The smuggling of cigarettes.

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 […]1977, Time, volume 110, numbers 19-26, page 84:

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