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Bootlegger
[
boot
-leg
]
boot·leg
/
ˈbutˌlɛg
/
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[
boot
-leg
]
Show IPA
noun, verb,
boot·legged,
boot·leg·ging,
adjective
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)
4.
to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully.
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verb (used without object)
5.
to make, transport, or sell something, especially liquor, illegally or without registration or payment of taxes.
adjective
6.
made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
7.
illegal or
clandestine
.
8.
of or pertaining to bootlegging.
Origin:
1625–35,
Americanism
;
boot
1
+
leg
;
secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot
Related forms
boot·leg·ger,
noun
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bootleg
(ˈbuːtˌlɛɡ)
—
vb
,
-legs
,
-legging
,
-legged
1.
to make, carry, or sell (illicit goods, esp alcohol)
—
n
2.
something made or sold illicitly, such as alcohol during Prohibition in the US
3.
an illegally made copy of a CD, tape, etc
—
adj
4.
produced, distributed, or sold illicitly:
bootleg whisky
;
bootleg tapes
[C17: see
boot
1
,
leg
; from the practice of smugglers of carrying bottles of liquor concealed in their boots]
'bootlegger
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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