bootleg

English

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Etymology

from the carrying of bottles of smuggled spirit in the legs of boots

Verb

bootleg (third-person singular simple present bootlegs, present participle bootlegging, simple past and past participle bootlegged)

1. (chiefly US, transitive) to make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor
2. (transitive) to make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyright product
3. (intransitive) to engage in bootlegging

Translations

to make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor

• Finnish: trokata

to make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyright product

to engage in bootlegging

Noun

bootleg (plural bootlegs)

1. The part of a boot that is above the instep
2. An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband
3. (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.

Translations

that part of a boot that is above the instep

• Russian: голенище (ru) (goleníšče) n 

an illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband

• Finnish: piraattituote

Adjective

bootleg (not comparable)

1. illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated

Translations

illegally produced, transported or sold

• Finnish: piraatti-, laiton