noun
- people who illegally make or sell alcoholic liquor, especially whiskey distilled at night to avoid detection
Usage: informal; historical
Examples
- The moonshiners operated their still deep in the mountains.
- During Prohibition, moonshiners supplied illegal alcohol to speakeasies.
- Federal agents raided the moonshiners’ hidden distillery.
- The documentary explored the lives of Appalachian moonshiners.
- Many moonshiners passed down their recipes through generations.
- Law enforcement struggled to catch the elusive moonshiners.