bootleg

(būt'lĕg')

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.

1. mod. unauthorized or illegal ; illegally obtained.  He crossed the state line to buy cigarettes and then returned by a back road with his bootleg smokes.
2. n. to sell unauthorized or illegal copies; to sell contraband.  They arrested the guy for bootlegging current movies on DVDs.

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For a list of words related to bootlegger, see:

• Drinking Terms - bootlegger: one who smuggles or illegally sells liquor
• Criminals - bootlegger: seller of illegal items; smuggler

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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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