bootlegger

Example Sentences

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“Sinners,” set in 1932, stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual performance as twin bootleggers Smoke and Stack, who return from Chicago to their Mississippi home to open a juke joint.

From Salon

That novel — yearning, lyrical, mordant — tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a millionaire bootlegger and minor gangster, who remakes himself in a disastrous attempt to win Daisy Buchanan, the society girl he once loved.

From New York Times

Why conflate early Renaissance aristocrats with early 20th century bootleggers?

From Los Angeles Times

She became a wife at 15, a mother at 16 and a grandmother in her early 30s, married to a womanizing sometime bootlegger who managed her to stardom.

From New York Times

“The one about the bootlegger and the sheriff’s daughter, hands down,” Ophie said, unable to keep the grin off her face.

From Literature