Assertion: drink | /r/CapableOf | gain popularity among smugglers
Facets:
value: in the 1680s
type: TEMPORAL
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.