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bootleg

[ boot-leg ]

noun

  1. alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  2. the part of a boot that covers the leg.
  3. 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)

bootlegged, bootlegging.
  1. to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully.

verb (used without object)

bootlegged, bootlegging.
  1. to make, transport, or sell something, especially liquor, illegally or without registration or payment of taxes.

adjective

  1. made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
  2. illegal or clandestine.
  3. of or relating to bootlegging.

bootleg

/ ˈ²ú³Ü˳ÙËŒ±ôɛɡ /

verb

  1. to make, carry, or sell (illicit goods, esp alcohol)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something made or sold illicitly, such as alcohol during Prohibition in the US
  2. an illegally made copy of a CD, tape, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. produced, distributed, or sold illicitly

    bootleg whisky

    bootleg tapes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú´Ç´Ç³ÙËŒ±ô±ð²µ²µ±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú´Ç´Ç³Ù·±ô±ð²µÂ·²µ±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bootleg1

An Americanism first recorded in 1625–35; boot 1 + leg; secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bootleg1

C17: see boot 1, leg ; from the practice of smugglers of carrying bottles of liquor concealed in their boots
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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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Over the next two centuries, the family’s land holdings are augmented by bootlegging, cigarette trafficking and other felonies.

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In 1920s Anaheim, the big local issue was bootlegging and Catholics, who were seen as foreigners in what was supposed to be an Anglo-Saxon Protestant country.

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The Dalit community in particular relied on the alcohol trade before the ban, and the lack of opportunities in one of India’s poorest states has left many resorting to bootlegging.

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I grew up wearing bootleg clothes, fake sneakers, Goodwill or thrifted stuff.

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