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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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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


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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
  • Counterfeit
  • 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:

As a term applied to copyright infringement:

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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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