Word Study
bootleg
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bootleg has 2 senses
- bootleg(n = noun.food) corn liquor, moonshine - whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash; Array is a kind of corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky
- bootleg(n = noun.artifact) Array - the part of a boot above the instep; Array is a part of boot
Derived forms verb bootleg2, verb bootleg1
is a kind of covering
Verb bootleg has 2 senses
- bootleg(v = verb.possession) Array - sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey" is one way to sell
- bootleg(v = verb.creation) Array - produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" is one way to create, make, produce
Derived forms noun bootleg1, noun bootlegger1
Sample sentences:
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Derived form noun bootleg1
Sample sentence:
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Adjective bootleg has 1 sense
- bootleg(s = adj.all) black, black-market, contraband, smuggled - distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
CIDE DICTIONARY
bootleg, adj.
distributed or sold illicitly; especially, imported illegally. [WordNet 1.5]
bootleg, v.
- to sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol. [WordNet 1.5]
- to produce alcohol illegally. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bootleg, adj. & v.
--adj. (esp. of liquor) smuggled; illicitly sold.
--v.tr. (-legged, -legging) make, distribute, or smuggle illicit goods (esp. alcohol).
--adj. (esp. of liquor) smuggled; illicitly sold.
--v.tr. (-legged, -legging) make, distribute, or smuggle illicit goods (esp. alcohol).
Derivative
bootlegger n.
Etymology
f. the smugglers' practice of concealing bottles in their boots
THESAURUS
bootleg
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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