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Definition of Bootleg

1. Noun. Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash.

2. Verb. Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol. "They were bootlegging whiskey"

3. Adjective. Distributed or sold illicitly. "The black economy pays no taxes"

4. Noun. The part of a boot above the instep.

5. Verb. Produce or distribute illegally. "Bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"

Definition of Bootleg

1. Verb. (chiefly US transitive) to make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyright product ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) to engage in bootlegging ¹

4. Noun. The part of a boot that is above the instep ¹

5. Noun. An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband ¹

6. Noun. (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out. ¹

7. Adjective. illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bootleg

1. to smuggle [v -LEGGED, -LEGGING, -LEGS] - See also: smuggle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bootleg

bootiful bootikin bootikins bootilicious booting booting up bootjack bootjacked bootjacking bootjacks

bootlace bootlaces bootlast bootlasts bootle bootleg (current term) bootlegged bootlegger bootlegger reverse bootlegger reverses

bootleggers bootlegging bootlegs bootles bootless bootlessly bootlessness bootlessnesses bootlick bootlicked

Literary usage of Bootleg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Petroleum Production Methods by John R. Suman (1921)
"Neither the bootleg nor the forked stick hold any considerable weight merely enough to arrest the settling of debris until the latter commence to bridge. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1918)
"bootleg-PACKER " SYSTEM. Although effort is made to set the water string in a ... To obviate such a condition the "bootleg" has been devised and is often ..."

3. The Railroad Signal Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Braman Blanchard Adams, Railway signal association, Rodney Hitt (1908)
"Standard bootleg and Wire Connection to Rail. Illinois Central. ... Successive Stages in Connecting Iron Bond Wire to Copper Lead to Make Wire bootleg. ..."

4. Russian Organized Crime in the United States: Hearing Before the Permanent by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"The complicated "bootleg" or "daisy chain" schemes, devised by the Russians, puts that $3200 per tanker into their pockets instead of the US Treasury. ..."

5. Manual of the American Railway Engineering Association by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"1155 Terminal Box and bootleg 1154 To be used where wires are placed under ground in petroleum as- ..."

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