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Bootleg definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOOT'LEG, n. [boot and leg.] Leather cutout for the leg of a boot.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled] n
1: whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash [syn: moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor]
2: the part of a boot above the instep v
1: sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"
2: produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1634 1. the upper part of a boot 2. something bootlegged: as a. moonshine b. an unauthorized audio or video recording 3. a football play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, hides the ball against his hip, and rolls out — compare draw 8 • bootleg adjective II. verb Date: 1889 transitive verb 1. a. to carry (alcoholic liquor) on one's person illegally b. to manufacture, sell, or transport for sale (alcoholic liquor) illegally 2. a. to produce, reproduce, or distribute illicitly or without authorization b. smuggle intransitive verb 1. to engage in bootlegging 2. to run a bootleg play in football • bootlegger noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & v. --adj. (esp. of liquor) smuggled; illicitly sold. --v.tr. (-legged, -legging) make, distribute, or smuggle illicit goods (esp. alcohol). Derivatives: bootlegger n. Etymology: f. the smugglers' practice of concealing bottles in their boots

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bootlegs, bootlegging, bootlegged) 1. Bootleg is used to describe something that is made secretly and sold illegally. ...a bootleg recording of the band's 1977 tour of Scandinavia. ...bootleg liquor. = illegal ? legal ADJ: ADJ n 2. To bootleg something such as a recording means to make and sell it illegally. He has sued a fan for bootlegging his concerts... Avid Bob Dylan fans treasure bootlegged recordings. VERB: V n, V-ed • Bootleg is also a noun. The record was a bootleg. N-COUNT • bootlegger (bootleggers) Bootleggers sold 75 million dollars-worth of copies. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, bathtub gin, black-market, black-marketeer, blockade, brew, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, distill, felonious, fence, flawed, hooch, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, irregular, justiciable, lawless, moonlight, moonshine, mountain dew, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, push, run, shove, triable, unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unofficial, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted, white lightning, wrongful