buttlegging means the smuggling of cigarettes. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Blend of butt + bootlegging.
noun
- The smuggling of cigarettes.“Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, who conducted Senate buttlegging hearings last month, says that the Mob's infiltration has led to "increasing violent crime: extortion and bribery, truck hijackings, armed robberies, serious assaults […]”