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Also known as bootlegging

thumb|upright=1.35|Indonesian National Police|Police use a [[road roller to destroy bottles of illegal alcohol confiscated in Serpong, out of Jakarta, Indonesia on April 13, 2018.]]

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  • Alcohol smuggling today
  • Etymology
  • History
  • The Rum Row
  • The ships
  • Rum-running in Northern Europe in the 1920s and 1930s
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.35|Indonesian National Police|Police use a [[road roller to destroy bottles of illegal alcohol confiscated in Serpong, out of Jakarta, Indonesia on April 13, 2018.]]

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land.

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