liquor raids
Bootlegger takedown operations
Liquor raids were law enforcement operations targeting establishments selling alcohol illegally, particularly during Prohibition in the United States (1920–1933).
Police or federal agents would burst into speakeasies, seize contraband liquor, and arrest proprietors and patrons.
The term evokes images of axes smashing barrels and bootleggers fleeing through back doors.
The speakeasy was shut down after a liquor raid.
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
- rum runnersSmugglers of illegal liquor
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- blind pigUnlicensed drinking establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
feds · federal agents · moonshine · bathtub gin · bust · smugglers · back alley · hooch · revenuers · contraband · secret stash · saloon · undercover · barrels · stills · gangsters · badges · police corruption
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy