foodlegger means An illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
noun
- An illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing.“Foodleggers. One sinister development that aggravated the food situation was the rise in wartime Britain of a new kind of criminal: the food racketeer. Like gangsters who terrorized the U.S. under Prohibition, foodleggers have highjacked trucks ...”