Prohibition Era Terminology

noun a person who makes and sells illegal alcohol, typically in rural areas

• The authorities arrested a moonshiner for illegally producing and selling alcohol.
• I heard that old man Joe is a moonshiner, making his own whiskey out in the woods.
• The moonshiner was caught red-handed with a still in his backyard.
• She was a moonshiner of ideas, always coming up with creative solutions to problems.

noun a person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively

• The city council passed a new ordinance to crack down on scofflaws who ignore parking regulations.
• Don't be a scofflaw and park in the no parking zone.
• The scofflaw got caught speeding on the highway.
• He was known as the office scofflaw for always bending the rules.