rum runner
Prohibition-era smuggler
A rum runner is a person who smuggles alcoholic beverages, especially during Prohibition in the United States (1920–1933).
The term also applies to the boats used for smuggling: The coast guard intercepted a rum runner off the Florida coast.
By extension, rum runner can describe anyone involved in illegal alcohol transport.
Illicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- 18th AmendmentConstitutional liquor ban
temperance · flapper · Roaring Twenties · Al Capone · dry · repeal · jazz age · Gatsby
Prohibited trade goods
- black marketIllicit trading system
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- covertIntentionally concealed
- stashHidden reserve
hideaway · evasion · bribery · corruption · mule · outlaw · gangster · syndicate
Fast motorized watercraft
- cigarette boatHigh-speed offshore powerboat
- powerboatEngine-propelled water vessel
- motorboatEngine-propelled watercraft
- outboardExternal boat engine
skiff · go-fast boat · offshore · hull · throttle · wake · nautical · harbor
Tropical Atlantic region
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- barrel-agedMatured in wooden vessels
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- grogDiluted spirits, often rum
mojito · daiquiri · piña colada · sugarcane · molasses · Jamaica · Bacardi · proof
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
18th Amendment · temperance · flapper · Roaring Twenties · Al Capone · dry · repeal · jazz age · Gatsby · G-men
contraband
Prohibited trade goods
- black marketIllicit trading system
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- covertIntentionally concealed
stash · hideaway · evasion · bribery · corruption · mule · outlaw · gangster · syndicate · mafia
speedboat
Fast motorized watercraft
- cigarette boatHigh-speed offshore powerboat
- powerboatEngine-propelled water vessel
- motorboatEngine-propelled watercraft
outboard · skiff · go-fast boat · offshore · hull · throttle · wake · nautical · harbor · cove
Caribbean
Tropical Atlantic region
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- barrel-agedMatured in wooden vessels
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
grog · mojito · daiquiri · piña colada · sugarcane · molasses · Jamaica · Bacardi · proof · cask
- Prohibition EraProhibition, bootleggers, bootlegging, bootlegger, speakeasies
- cocktail barbartender, cocktails, martini, bar stool, bar counter
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
- tropical drinkspina colada, mojito, mai tai, daiquiri, zombie
- alcoholbeer, vodka, whiskey, whisky, gin
rum runnerrevenue agent
Official investigating tax compliance
federal agent · Eliot Ness · customs officer · G-man · revenuer