bootleggery

/ˈbuːtˌlɛɡəɹi/

Etymology

From bootleg + -ery.

bootleggery means the crime of bootlegging. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 98 out of 100.

noun

The crime of bootlegging.“Bootleggery was common where he was from.”
A place or area where bootlegging is done.“He closed up his bootleggery and moved it to the middle of the block. A literal, simple soul that obeyed to the letter the slogan of the Anti-Saloon League. The passing of the corner saloon in New York has changed the whole face of[…]”

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a bootlegger.““Dave Segal was quite good looking, in a bootleggery kind of way. To me he looked like a bootlegger.” Golden agreed with that description. “Dave Segal was just like you imagine, like George Raft in the movies. He looked like a gangster, the way he dressed, conducted himself.””