Bootleg (Verb)
Meaning 1
Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The smugglers bootlegged large quantities of cigars across the border.
- Local gangs have been bootlegging cheap liquor in the city's poverty-stricken neighborhoods.
- Rumrunners used to bootleg Canadian whiskey into the United States during Prohibition.
- She was arrested for bootlegging prescription pills to college students.
- In the 1920s, notorious gangsters bootlegged their way to wealth and notoriety.
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Meaning 2
Produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The band has been bootlegging their music online to gain a larger fanbase before their official album release.
- Bootlegging copies of the movie has caused significant financial losses to the production company.
- Bootleg versions of the bestselling novel were widely available on the black market.
- Fans have been bootlegging footage of the exclusive concert to share on social media.
- The company was accused of bootlegging knockoff designer handbags overseas.