bootleg

boot·leg  (btlg)

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.

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

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bootlegger n.

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bootleg [ˈbuːtˌlɛg]

vb -legs, -legging, -legged

to make, carry, or sell (illicit goods, esp alcohol)

n

1. something made or sold illicitly, such as alcohol during Prohibition in the US

2. an illegally made copy of a CD, tape, etc

adj

produced, distributed, or sold illicitly bootleg whisky bootleg tapes

[see boot¹, leg; from the practice of smugglers of carrying bottles of liquor concealed in their boots]

bootlegger  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bootleg - whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash corn liquor, moonshine corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn - whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
	2.	bootleg - the part of a boot above the instep boot - footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Verb	1.	bootleg - sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
	2.	bootleg - produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
Adj.	1.	bootleg - distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" black-market, contraband, smuggled, black illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

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bootleg

adjective illicit, illegal, outlawed, pirate, unofficial, black-market, unlicensed, under-the-table, unauthorized, contraband, hooky (slang), under-the-counter bootleg liquor
illicit official, legal, licensed, authorized, on the level (informal), licit

Translations

bootleg [ˈbuːtleg]

A. ADJ (= illicit) [alcohol] → de contrabando; [tape, edition] → pirata

B. N (Mus) → grabación f pirata

C. VI → contrabandear con licores

D. VT [+ tape, recording] → grabar y vender ilegalmente

bootleg [ˈbuːtlɛg] adj [liquor] → de contrebande
bootleg record → enregistrement m pirate

bootleg [ˈbuːtˌlɛg] adj → di contrabbando
bootleg recording → registrazione f pirata inv

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bootleg [ˈbuːtˌlɛg] adj → di contrabbando
bootleg recording → registrazione f pirata inv