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1. a. : to carry (alcoholic liquor) on one's person illegally. b. : to manufacture, sell, or transport for sale (alcoholic liquor) illegally. 2. a. : to produce, reproduce, or distribute illicitly or without authorization. b. : smuggle.
bootleg noun [C] (ILLEGAL PRODUCT) a product that is illegally made, copied, or sold: Although Springsteen blocked the album's official distribution, bootlegs inevitably appeared.
Common meanings. Rum-running, the illegal business of transporting and trading in alcoholic beverages. Moonshine, illicitly made and/or distributed alcohol. Bootleg recording, an audio or video recording released unofficially.
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. Making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging.
bootleg noun [C] (ILLEGAL PRODUCT) a product that is illegally made, copied, or sold: Although Springsteen blocked the album's official distribution, bootlegs inevitably appeared.
Bootleg is used to describe something that is made secretly and sold illegally. ...a bootleg recording of the band's tour of Scandinavia. ...bootleg liquor. Synonyms: illicit, illegal, outlawed, pirate More Synonyms of bootleg. 2. verb. To bootleg something such as a recording means to make and sell it illegally.
noun. alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes. the part of a boot that covers the leg. 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.
BOOTLEG meaning: 1 : to illegally copy (a video, CD, etc.) or illegally record (a live performance); 2 : to make or sell (alcoholic liquor) illegally.
Definition of bootleg adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Use the adjective bootleg to describe something that is sold illegally, usually because it was stolen in the first place. If you download a movie on your computer and then sell it to a friend, it's a bootleg film. Bootleg is good for describing something that's stolen, smuggled, or pirated.
