'Whisky Ring' definitions:

Definition of 'Whisky Ring'

From: GCIDE
  • Whiskey Ring \Whiskey Ring\, or Whisky Ring \Whisky Ring\ . (U. S. Hist.) A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in
  • 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]