rum-runner
Prohibition-era smuggler
A rum-runner is someone who smuggles alcoholic beverages, especially during Prohibition in the United States (1920–1933).
The term also applies to the boats used for such smuggling: The Coast Guard chased rum-runners along the Atlantic coast.
By extension, any smuggler of contraband liquor.
Illegally distilled spirits
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
smuggle · black market · speakeasy · prohibition · 18th Amendment · temperance · hooch · blind pig
Fast motorized watercraft
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- coveSheltered coastal indentation
- inletWater extending into land
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
coastline · lighthouse · anchor · cargo hold · foghorn · shallow draft · outboard motor · pursuit
- Eliot NessProhibition-era federal agent
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- jazz age1920s American cultural era
21st Amendment · repeal · The Untouchables · gangster · syndicate · mafia · racketeering · Tommy gun
Engine-propelled watercraft
- launchSet into motion
- cigarette boatHigh-speed offshore powerboat
- wooden hullShip's lumber outer structure
- engineMachine producing motion
deck · bow · stern · hull · propeller · throttle · fuel tank · concealment
moonshine
Illegally distilled spirits
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
liquor · smuggle · black market · speakeasy · prohibition · 18th Amendment · temperance · hooch · blind pig · hidden cargo
speedboat
Fast motorized watercraft
harbor · coastline · lighthouse · anchor · cargo hold · foghorn · shallow draft · outboard motor · pursuit · Coast Guard
Al Capone
- Eliot NessProhibition-era federal agent
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
jazz age · 21st Amendment · repeal · The Untouchables · gangster · syndicate · mafia · racketeering · Tommy gun · fedora
motorboat
Engine-propelled watercraft
- launchSet into motion
- cigarette boatHigh-speed offshore powerboat
- wooden hullShip's lumber outer structure
engine · deck · bow · stern · hull · propeller · throttle · fuel tank · concealment · false bottom
rum-runnerEliot Ness
Prohibition-era federal agent
customs officer · coast guard · federal agent · border patrol · police officer