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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