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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
boot·leg       [boot-leg] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -legged, -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.
–verb (used without object)
5.to make, transport, or sell something, esp. 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; boot1 + leg; secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot]

—Related forms
bootlegger, noun
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boot·leg       (bōōt'lěg')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   boot·legged, boot·leg·ging, boot·legs

v.   tr.
  1. To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally.
  2. To produce, distribute, or sell without permission or illegally: a clandestine outfit that bootlegs compact discs and tapes.

v.   intr.
  1. To engage in the bootlegging of alcoholic liquor or another product.
  2. To attach a transmitter to a dish antenna, creating an uplink via which a signal is sent to a satellite without the knowledge of the satellite's owner.
  3. Football To fake a hand-off, conceal the ball on the hip, and roll out in order to pass or especially to rush around the end. Used of a quarterback.

n.  
  1. A product, especially alcoholic liquor, that is illicitly produced, distributed, or sold.
  2. The part of a boot above the instep.
  3. Football A play in which the quarterback bootlegs.

adj.   Produced, sold, or transported illegally: bootleg gin; bootleg tapes.


[From a smuggler's practice of carrying liquor in the legs of boots.]

boot'leg'ger n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bootleg 
1889 (adj.), 1903 (v.), Amer.Eng. slang, from the trick of concealing something down the leg of a high boot (originally a flask of liquor).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
bootleg

adjective
1. distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" 

noun
1. whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash [syn: moonshine] 
2. the part of a boot above the instep 

verb
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" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: boot·leg
Function: noun
: something bootlegged —bootleg adjective

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: bootleg
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: boot·legged; boot·leg·ging
transitive verb 1 : to produce, reproduce, or distribute without authorization or license
2 : SMUGGLE —compare PIRATE intransitive verb : to engage in bootlegging —boot·leg·ger noun

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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