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bootlegging (root: bootleg)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bootlegging has 2 senses
- bootlegging(n = noun.act) Array - the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally; "the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable" is a kind of marketing, merchandising, selling
- bootlegging(n = noun.act) Array - the act of selling illegally or without permission; "the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia" is a kind of marketing, merchandising, selling
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