used liquor

The traders frequently used liquor to drunken their customers and take advantage of them.

He used liquor to blot out the past.

Due to some loopholes in the legislation, the sale of liquor for 'sacramental' or 'medicinal' usage was legal, doctors prescribed "medicinal pints", while Catholics and Jews used liquor for ritual use.

Margaret S. Groban, the assistant United States attorney who handled the case, said that Father Pipala's sentence was intentionally severe because he had violated a position of trust and used liquor to ease his abuse of the youngsters.