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单词 bootleg
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bootleg

1 of 2

noun

boot·​leg ˈbüt-ˌleg How to pronounce bootleg (audio)
-ˌlāg
1
: the upper part of a boot
2
: something bootlegged: such as
a
: moonshine
b
: an unauthorized audio or video recording
3
: a football play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, hides the ball against his hip, and rolls out compare draw entry 2 sense 8
bootleg adjective

bootleg

2 of 2

verb

bootlegged; bootlegging; bootlegs

transitive verb

1
a
: to carry (alcoholic liquor) on one's person illegally
b
: to manufacture, sell, or transport for sale (alcoholic liquor) illegally
2
a
: to produce, reproduce, or distribute illicitly or without authorization
b
: smuggle

intransitive verb

1
: to engage in bootlegging
2
: to run a bootleg play in football

Synonyms

Noun

  • moonshine
  • mountain dew
  • white lightning
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun She was arrested for selling bootlegs online. getting caught with bootleg during Prohibition could have resulted in a jail sentence Verb He bootlegged the show and gave copies to several friends.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But the offensive line guru has certainly read about all the difficulties the team, and his old O-line in particular, have had adjusting to the new outside zone running scheme, which is now being paired with a bootleg, play-action passing game. Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2022 Adventurer, skier, and one of Australia’s first female pilots, Shirl also made a mean bootleg Cumquat Gin. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 To its backers, this offers an opportunity to communicate Biggie’s essence in a way even the most raw bootleg can’t — though as with so many things web3, far from everyone will see the upside. Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 The San Diego Reader reported that Mr. Morrow’s father saved enough as a sharecropper, with a side operation in bootleg whiskey, to pay for his son to attend barber school in San Diego. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 British post-punk greats Wire are plotting a proper wide release for their bootleg, Not About to Die, which will be released June 24 via Pinkflag. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022 That sets up the Beavers’ play-action passing game, especially their bootleg plays, an area where the mobile quarterback Chance Nolan excels. oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021 The news of the Freewheelin’ copy arrives at the heels of another Holy Grail for Dylan fanatics: the lost bootleg of his Salt Lake City, Utah, show on May 25, 1976, which fans are determined to find at the Eccles Theater. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2022 Hard to know how many hundreds of thousands of dollars that declared value might diminish by if a crude bootleg snuck out. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 June 2022
Verb
At the same time, Olson and his bootlegging compatriots entered town and were warned of the marshals’ movements. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2020 But can watching bootlegged or pirated video on the internet get viewers into trouble, too? Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2019 It has rarely been screened in theaters and never released for home video, but it has been widely bootlegged. Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2019 Most of their neighbors were inside tents, playing video games or watching movies on their cellphones, electricity bootlegged from a city utility box. Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019 But the extras still include a wealth of alternate early takes and demos that have mostly never been released or bootlegged before. Chris Willman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019 Meanwhile, today’s nationalists are happy to demonize a China that bootlegs Mickey Mouse but are silent about the very same China that rounds up internal enemies and puts them in concentration camps. Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 26 June 2019 There was also talk that O’Hara’s mill businesses in Fall River were actually fronts to launder money from bootlegging operations along the New Bedford-Fall River coastline. Richard E. Farley, Town & Country, 9 June 2017 Newton got the linebackers and safeties to freeze on a fake to Jonathan Stewart, bootlegged to his left and dropped a pass to a wide-open Dickson, who rumbled for 57 yards before again being dragged down inside the 10. Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 9 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

boot entry 3 + leg entry 1

Verb

derivative of bootleg entry 1, from the concealment of a flask of liquor in the leg of a boot

First Known Use

Noun

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1898, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Legal Definition

bootleg 1 of 2

noun

boot·​leg
: something bootlegged

bootleg

2 of 2

verb

bootlegged; bootlegging

transitive verb

1
: to produce, reproduce, or distribute without authorization or license
2
: smuggle compare pirate

intransitive verb

: to engage in bootlegging

bootleg 1 of 3

noun

as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor getting caught with bootleg during Prohibition could have resulted in a jail sentence

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • alcohol
  • booze
  • mountain dew
  • white lightning
  • moonshine
  • rum
  • drink
  • rotgut
  • bathtub gin
  • hooch
  • firewater
  • juice
  • spirits
  • tipple
  • grog
  • strong drink
  • ardent spirits
  • red-eye
  • potable
  • John Barleycorn

bootleg

2 of 3

adjective

as in unauthorized
made or sold illegally During the Prohibition era, many people made their own bootleg whiskey. He was arrested for selling bootleg copies of the album.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • unauthorized
  • unlicensed
  • smuggled
  • illicit
  • contraband
  • illegal
  • unapproved
  • unsanctioned
  • criminal
  • under-the-counter
  • improper
  • outlawed
  • under-the-table
  • wrongful
  • banned
  • prohibited
  • felonious
  • unlawful
  • forbidden
  • illegitimate
  • proscribed
  • criminalized
  • disallowed
  • interdicted
  • barred
  • discouraged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • permitted
  • licensed
  • authorized
  • proper
  • approved
  • legitimate
  • endorsed
  • legal
  • allowed
  • correct
  • promoted
  • decent
  • sanctioned
  • lawful
  • supported
  • decorous
  • suggested
  • encouraged
  • indorsed
  • abetted
  • seemly
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bootleg

3 of 3

verb

as in to merchandise

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • merchandise
  • smuggle
  • black-market
  • exchange
  • fence
  • resell
  • bargain
  • barter
  • auction
  • purchase
  • buy
  • wholesale
  • sell
  • market
  • retail
  • swap
  • supply
  • negotiate
  • merchandize
  • distribute
  • peddle
  • transact
  • vend
  • horse-trade
  • trade
  • rebuy
  • monopolize
  • corner
  • traffic
  • pick up
  • undersell
  • deal
  • fair-trade
  • take
  • speculate
  • engross
  • day-trade
  • invest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • black
  • boycott
  • blackball
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