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bootleg
[ boot-leg ]
noun
- alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- the part of a boot that covers the leg.
- something, as a recording, made, reproduced, or sold illegally or without authorization:
a flurry of bootlegs to cash in on the rock star's death.
verb (used with object)
- to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully.
verb (used without object)
- to make, transport, or sell something, especially liquor, illegally or without registration or payment of taxes.
adjective
- made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
- illegal or clandestine.
- of or relating to bootlegging.
bootleg
/ ˈːˌɛɡ /
verb
- to make, carry, or sell (illicit goods, esp alcohol)
noun
- something made or sold illicitly, such as alcohol during Prohibition in the US
- an illegally made copy of a CD, tape, etc
adjective
- produced, distributed, or sold illicitly
bootleg whisky
bootleg tapes
Derived Forms
- ˈǴdzˌ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Ǵdz·· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bootleg1
Example Sentences
Films that were once surreptitiously passed around via bootleg videos are getting their first theatrical run in the country.
Their drinks are thought to have contained methanol - a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol.
But the bootleg “Bulls” shirt reads “Balls” instead.
When Slim is reluctant to skip his steady gig for these sharks, Stack almost magically gifts him a bootlegged Irish beer from Chicago.
Many of the tracks, including Fugitive's Dream and Don't Back Down on Our Love, have circulated on bootlegs for years, but will finally be heard in studio quality.
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