USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest bootleggers began smuggling foreign-made commercial liquor into the United States from across the Canadian and Mexican borders and along the seacoasts from ships under foreign registry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Image courtesy of Library of Congress A World War I veteran, George Cassiday became legendary for his bootlegging activities in the House and Senate Office Buildings during the Prohibition Era.

Detailed explanation-3: -People typically got hooch or giggle water – alcohol– from a barrel house or gin mill, which were distribution places, and maybe kept it in their hipflask (which is pretty self-explanatory).

Detailed explanation-4: -Etymology. From bootleg +-er. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III’s reign, derived from the smugglers’ custom of hiding packages of valuables in the legs of their large sea-boots when dodging the king’s coastguardsmen.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most notorious example was the Chicago gangster Al Capone, who earned a staggering $60 million annually from bootleg operations and speakeasies. Such illegal operations fueled a corresponding rise in gang violence, including the St.