bootlegging (noun)

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• bootlegging — Ⅰ. bootleg UK US /ˈbuːtleg/ adjective [before noun] COMMERCE, E COMMERCE, LAW ► illegally made, copied, or sold: »A bootleg version of the film was recorded at a private showing. »Instead of buying the album, she downloaded a bootleg copy from… …   Financial and business terms

• bootlegging — 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

• bootlegging — noun 1. the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally (Freq. 1) the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable • Hypernyms: ↑selling, ↑merchandising, ↑marketing 2. the act of selling illegally or without permission… …   Useful english dictionary

• bootlegging — noun (U) illegally making or selling alcohol bootlegger noun (C) bootleg verb (I, T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• bootlegger — boot‧leg‧ger [ˈbuːtˌlegə ǁ ər] noun [countable] someone who makes or sells something, especially alcohol, illegally: • a former bootlegger, now a gambling mogul * * * Ⅰ. bootleg UK US /ˈbuːtleg/ adjective [before noun] COMMERCE, E COMMERCE, LAW ► …   Financial and business terms

• bootleg — I UK [ˈbuːtˌleɡ] / US [ˈbutˌleɡ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms bootleg : present tense I/you/we/they bootleg he/she/it bootlegs present participle bootlegging past tense bootlegged past participle bootlegged to make or sell something… …   English dictionary

• bootleg — adjective (of alcoholic drink or a recording) made or distributed illegally. noun an illegal musical recording. Derivatives bootlegger noun bootlegging noun Origin C19: from the smugglers practice of hiding bottles in their boots …   English new terms dictionary

• 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

• bootlegger — 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

• telesync — noun a bootlegging term for a video copy of the movie which was shot in a movie theater, often with a professional camera on a tripod in the projection booth, with a direct connection to the sound source …   Wiktionary