nnoun.actthe act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegallyExamples:- the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable
Hypernyms:marketing merchandising selling
Inherited Hypernyms:bootleggingsellingcommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:bootleggingsellingcommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of selling illegally or without permissionExamples:- the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia
Hypernyms:marketing merchandising selling
Inherited Hypernyms:bootleggingsellingcommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:bootleggingsellingcommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.possessionsell illicit products such as drugs or alcoholTopic:crimecriminal offencecriminal offenselaw-breaking
Examples:- They were bootlegging whiskey
Derivationally Related Form:bootlegbootlegger
Hypernyms:sell
Inherited Hypernyms:bootlegsellexchangetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.creationproduce or distribute illegallyExamples:- bootleg tapes of the diva's singing
Derivationally Related Form:bootleg
Hypernyms:create make produce
Inherited Hypernyms:bootlegproduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something