abkari

noun

ab·​ka·​ri

variants or less commonly abkary

äbˈkärē

plural -s

1

India : manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors or drugs

2

India : an excise or internal revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors or drugs

Word History

Etymology

Persian ābkārī, from ābkār

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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