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Bootleg
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- 1 Illegally produced, transported, or sold. not-comparable
"Near-synonym: pirated"
- 2 Being an inferior imitation of something, possibly a counterfeit. not-comparable
"bootleg coffee"
- 1 distributed or sold illicitly wordnet
- 1 The part of a boot that is above the instep.
"Holonyms: upper < boot"
- 2 the part of a boot above the instep wordnet
- 3 An illegally produced, transported, or sold product.
"He thinks he can cross this border with bootleg and get away with it. I doubt he's right. Maybe years ago, but not nowadays."
- 4 whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash wordnet
- 5 An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert.
"Years ago I heard a fantastic bootleg of that song. It was my favorite rendition."
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- 6 A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.
- 7 A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
- 1 To engage in bootlegging. ambitransitive
"Only certain dishes are allowed—-not fish and lobster, reserved to the state restaurants—-and those paladares that break the rules operate like speakeasies in the time of Prohibition, the fish-bootlegging owners keeping a nervous eye out for informers."
- 2 produce or distribute illegally wordnet
- 3 To engage in bootlegging.; To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor. US, ambitransitive
"In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet."
- 4 sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol wordnet
- 5 To engage in bootlegging.; To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product. ambitransitive
"In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg under some sort of Robin-Hood-esque notion."
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- 6 To engage in bootlegging.; To operate a mine illicitly. US, ambitransitive
"In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet."
Etymology
From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
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