Assertion: drink | /r/CapableOf | pay import taxes
Facets:
value: for goods
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The drink gained popularity among smugglers in the 1680s trying to avoid paying import taxes for goods shipped from mainland Europe: To avoid detection, smugglers would sometimes sink barrels of spirits off-shore to be retrieved later; the addition of fruit flavours aided in masking the taste of alcohol fouled by sea water.