bootleg

[ boot-leg ]

/ ˈbutˌlɛg /

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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), boot·legged, boot·leg·ging.

to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully.

verb (used without object), boot·legged, boot·leg·ging.

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.

Origin of bootleg

1625–35, Americanism; boot¹ + leg; secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot

OTHER WORDS FROM bootleg

boot·leg·ger, noun

Words nearby bootleg

bootjack, bootlace, bootlace fungus, bootlace worm, bootle, bootleg, bootleg play, bootlegged, bootless, bootlick, bootloader

Example sentences from the Web for bootleg

The patrons repaid the mob by buying cheap liquor at premium prices, along with bootleg cigarettes and sometimes drugs.

A True Tough Guy: The Mafia, Gays, and Michael Sam’s Boyfriend |Michael Daly |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Some of them, we had no idea they existed—like the first Bootleg Series that we put out a few years ago, The Personal File.

The Inside Story of Johnny Cash’s Legendary Lost LP, ‘Out Among the Stars’ |Andrew Romano |March 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But on the other side of the glass door, bootleg magic is being made.

The Absinthe-Minded Porteños of Buenos Aires |Jeff Campagna |March 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The “bootleg chemistry” results in a drug that is notoriously impure and often contains a lethal mix of toxins.

Behind the Krokodil Panic |Abby Haglage |November 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

A far more serious case involved eight former and present cops charged with smuggling guns and bootleg cigarettes.

NYPD Scandals Obscure the Decency of the Majority, Cops Say |Michael Daly |November 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
At dawn he came down in a coast hamlet for bootleg petrol and oil.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 |Various
I'll sneak around to you in the mornin', when I go t' fetch me can of bootleg.

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist |Alexander Berkman
Then it was that he slipped a card in the bootleg of Roche again.

Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" |An Old Scout
Then Artie took possession of the map placed in the bootleg.

An Undivided Union |Oliver Optic
It has been said that "a Wren will build in anything from a bootleg to a bomb-shell."

Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol 3. No 6, June 1898 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for bootleg

bootleg

/ (ˈbuːtˌlɛɡ) /

verb -legs, -legging or -legged

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 of bootleg

bootlegger, noun

Word Origin for bootleg

C17: see boot 1, leg; from the practice of smugglers of carrying bottles of liquor concealed in their boots

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bootleg

noun

verb (used with object), boot·legged, boot·leg·ging.

verb (used without object), boot·legged, boot·leg·ging.

adjective

Origin of bootleg

OTHER WORDS FROM bootleg

Words nearby bootleg

Example sentences from the Web for bootleg

British Dictionary definitions for bootleg

verb -legs, -legging or -legged

noun

adjective

Derived forms of bootleg

Word Origin for bootleg

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

bootleg

noun

verb (used with object), boot·legged, boot·leg·ging.

verb (used without object), boot·legged, boot·leg·ging.

adjective

Origin of bootleg

OTHER WORDS FROM bootleg

Words nearby bootleg

Words related to bootleg

Example sentences from the Web for bootleg

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verb -legs, -legging or -legged

noun

adjective

Derived forms of bootleg

Word Origin for bootleg

British Dictionary definitions for bootleg