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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024boot•leg /ˈbutˌlɛg/USA pronunciation n., v., -legged, -leg•ging, adj. n. [uncountable] - Winealcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported.
- something, such as a CD, made, reproduced, or sold unlawfully.
v. to make, transport, sell, or deal in (goods) unlawfully: [~ + object]They bootlegged the tapes for huge profits.[no object]bootlegging for years before anyone noticed.
adj. [before a noun] - made, sold, or transported unlawfully:bootleg whiskey.
boot•leg•ger, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024boot•leg (bo̅o̅t′leg′),USA pronunciation n., v., -legged, -leg•ging, adj. n. - Winealcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- Clothingthe 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.
v.t. - to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully.
v.i. - to make, transport, or sell something, esp. liquor, illegally or without registration or payment of taxes.
adj. - made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
- illegal or clandestine.
- of or pertaining to bootlegging.
- 1625–35, American; boot1 + leg; secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bootleg /ˈbuːtˌlɛɡ/ vb ( -legs, -legging, -legged)- to make, carry, or sell (illicit goods, esp alcohol)
n - something made or sold illicitly, such as alcohol during Prohibition in the US
- an illegally made copy of a CD, tape, etc
adj - produced, distributed, or sold illicitly
Etymology: 17th Century: see boot1, leg; from the practice of smugglers of carrying bottles of liquor concealed in their bootsˈbootˌlegger n |