The police raided the speakeasy.
Source: tatoeba (2179152)
Speakeasy
Synonyms for "speakeasy" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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Translations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- контрабандна кръчма noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 美國非法地下酒吧 /美国非法地下酒吧 noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Danish
1 entries- smugkro noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Finnish
1 entries- salakapakka noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Japanese
1 entries- スピークイージー noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Spanish
2 entries- bar ilícito noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
- taberna clandestina noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Swedish
1 entries- lönnkrog noun (illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
This speakeasy is controlled by the mob.
Source: tatoeba (5046384)
Many of the legitimate nightclubs of today sprang like legalized phoenixes from the still-hot ashes of the speakeasies of prohibition days.
Source: wiktionary
Retuning^([sic]) to Gotham, he came to intimately know Manhattan's speakeasy scene. “At a speakeasy,” Hirschfeld acknowledged, “you had to be known to get in...each place had its own clientele.” Membership cards, really fake IDs, were common.
Source: wiktionary
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