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Dictionary: boot·leg   (būt'lĕg') pronunciation
 

v., -legged, -leg·ging, -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.]

bootlegger boot'leg'ger n.
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verb

    To import or export secretly and illegally: run, smuggle. Idioms: run contraband. See crimes, move/halt.

 
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
  Synonyms: moonshine, corn liquor

Meaning #2: the part of a boot above the instep


The verb bootleg has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol

Meaning #2: produce or distribute illegally


The adjective bootleg has one meaning:

Meaning #1: distributed or sold illicitly
  Synonyms: black, black-market, contraband, smuggled


 
Wikipedia: Bootleg
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Bootleg or bootlegging usually refers to making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor or copyrighted material; the term originates from concealing Hip flasks of alcohol in the legging of boots. Bootleg may also refer to:

  • Smuggling
  • Rum-running, the sale or transport of liquor without regard to legal regulations and taxes
  • Bootleg mining, hidden or illegal coal mining
  • Bootleg (radio), the use of illegal equipment, frequencies, or operating procedures in two-way radio
  • Bootlegging (business), the secret organization of an innovation process
  • Bootleggers (film), a 1961 Soviet short film about alcohol bootlegging
  • Bootleg play, a tactic in American football
  • Bootleg turn, a driving maneuver
  • Bootleg, a brand name used by C&J Clark for Childrens shoes and trainers.
  • Bootlegging, a common colloquial slang term amongst owners of railroad speeders to describe the illegal operation of a Speeder on a railway.
  • Bell-bottoms or bootleg pants, trousers which flare out at the bottom of the legs and may cover the wearer's shoes

As a proper noun:

  • Bootleg (TV serial), a 2002 BBC miniseries for children that is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alex Shearer. It may also refer to the manga series "Chocolate Underground" which itself was based on the book series.
  • Bootleg (comics), a character from the comic book New Men
  • Bootleg (Emulation)

As a term applied to copyright infringement:

Music

 
Translations: Bootleg
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - smugler-
v. tr. - smugle, piratkopiere
v. intr. - smugle, drive spritsmugleri
n. - smuglervare, piratkopi

Nederlands (Dutch)
gesmokkeld (drank), illegaal (muziekopname), smokkelen, illegaal produceren (m.n. muziekopname), smokkelwaar, illegale handel (drank)

Français (French)
adj. - de contrebande
v. tr. - vendre ou importer en contrebande, fabriquer illicitement
v. intr. - faire de la contrebande d'alcool ou de boissons alcoolisées
n. - contrebande

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geschmuggelt, schwarz verkauft
v. - schmuggeln, Schleichhandel treiben, illegal herstellen
n. - geschmuggelte Spirituosen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρασκευάζω, διακινώ ή εισάγω παρανόμως (οινοπνευματώδη ποτά)

Italiano (Italian)
contrabbandare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - produzir, transportar ou vender (bebida alcoólica) ilegalmente

Русский (Russian)
торговать самогоном

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de contrabando
v. tr. - contrabandear
v. intr. - hacer contrabando
n. - contrabandista, traficante o destilador de bebidas alcohólicas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smuggla, langa, hembränna, tillverka svart

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
非法运输的, 假传进攻的, 违法的, 非法携带, 走私, 非法运输, 靴筒, 私货, 长靴上部

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非法運輸的, 假傳進攻的, 違法的
v. tr. - 非法攜帶, 走私
v. intr. - 非法運輸, 走私
n. - 靴筒, 私貨, 長靴上部

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 밀수의, 위법의
v. tr. - ~를 밀조하다[밀매하다]
v. intr. - 밀조[밀매]하다
n. - 밀주, 장화의 목

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 密造する, 密輸する
adj. - 密造の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهرب ( الخمور), يبيع الخمور المهربه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא-חוקיים או מוברחים (סחורות, בעיקר משקאות)‬
v. tr. - ‮הבריח משקאות, הפיץ סחורה באורח לא-חוקי, העתיק חומר מוקלט באופן לא-חוקי‬
v. intr. - ‮עסק בהברחה או בהפצה לא-חוקית של סחורות‬
n. - ‮העתקה לא-חוקית (פירטית)‬


 
 

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