bootlegging

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bootlegging - the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally; "the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable" marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
	2.	bootlegging - the act of selling illegally or without permission; "the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia" marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money