Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Illegally produced, transported, or sold.

    Near-synonym: pirated

    distributed or sold illicitly

  2. (not comparable)Being an inferior imitation of something, possibly a counterfeit.

    bootleg coffee

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom got arrested for bootlegging.

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  2. I just got some new bootleg tapes.

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  3. That's a bootleg cartridge.

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  4. The number of criminals involved in bootlegging outnumbered the federal agents who tried to enforce the law.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, deri

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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Synonyms

6 synonyms
piratedersatz
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bootB1boothB2bootlacebootsbootstrap
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