bootleg

bootleg
Synonyms and related words:
actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, bathtub gin, black-market, black-marketeer, blockade, brew, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, distill, felonious, fence, flawed, hooch, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, irregular, justiciable, lawless, moonlight, moonshine, mountain dew, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, push, run, shove, triable, unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unofficial, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted, white lightning, wrongful

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  • Bootleg — or Bootlegging usually refers to making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor or copyrighted material; the term originates from concealing flasks of alcohol in the legging of boots. Bootleg may also refer to:* Smuggling * Rum… …   Wikipedia

  • Bootleg — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un bootleg (o edición pirata) es una edición no autorizada, pudiendo tratarse tanto de música como de libros, videojuegos, series de televisión o películas. En el caso de videojuegos y anime este fenómeno está muy… …   Wikipedia Español

  • bootleg — boot‧leg [ˈbuːtleg] adjective [only before a noun] made or sold illegally: • 900 bootleg videos of pop concerts have been seized by trading standards officers. • bootleg whisky * * * Ⅰ. bootleg UK US /ˈbuːtleg/ adjective [before noun] COMMERCE, E …   Financial and business terms

  • bootleg — boot·leg 1 n: something bootlegged bootleg adj bootleg 2 vb boot·legged, boot·leg·ging vt 1: to produce, reproduce, or distribute without authorization or license 2 …   Law dictionary

  • bootleg — (n.) leg of a boot, 1630s, from BOOT (Cf. boot) (n.1) + LEG (Cf. leg) (n.). As an adjective in referencer to illegal iquor, 1889, Amer.Eng. slang, from the trick of concealing a flask of liquor down the leg of a high boot. Before that the bootleg …   Etymology dictionary

  • bootleg — ootleg adj. distributed or sold illicitly; especially, imported illegally. Syn: black market, contraband, smuggled. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bootleg — ootleg v. 1. to sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol. Syn: smuggle. [WordNet 1.5] 2. to produce alcohol illegally. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bootleg — *smuggled, contraband …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bootleg — [adj] illegal black market, bootlegged, contraband, illicit, pirated, smuggled, unauthorized, under the counter, unlawful, unofficial, unsanctioned; concept 319 Ant. legal  …   New thesaurus

  • bootleg — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. butleg] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż IIa, D. u {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} płyta (lub kaseta) nagrana nielegalnie <ang.> {{/stl 7}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • bootleg — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of alcoholic drink or a recording) made or distributed illegally. ► NOUN ▪ an illegal musical recording. DERIVATIVES bootlegger noun bootlegging noun. ORIGIN from a practice among smugglers of hiding bottles in their boots …   English terms dictionary

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