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Definitions for Bootleg

[1] alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
[2] the part of a boot that covers the leg.
[3] something, as a recording, made, reproduced, or sold illegally or without authorization: a flurry of bootlegs to cash in on the rock star's death.
[4] to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully.
[5] to make, transport, or sell something, especially liquor, illegally or without registration or payment of taxes.
[6] made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
[7] illegal or clandestine.
[8] of or relating to bootlegging.
[9] to make, carry, or sell (illicit goods, esp alcohol)
[10] something made or sold illicitly, such as alcohol during Prohibition in the US
[11] an illegally made copy of a CD, tape, etc
[12] produced, distributed, or sold illicitly bootleg whisky ; bootleg tapes

Words related to Bootleg

contraband, illicit, unauthorized, pirated, bootlegged, unlawful, unofficial, black-market, under-the-counter, unsanctioned

Words nearby Bootleg

bootjack, bootlace, bootlace fungus, bootlace worm, bootle, bootleg, bootleg play, bootlegged, bootless, bootlick, bootloader

Origin of Bootleg

1625–35, Americanism ; boot1 + leg; secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot

Other words from Bootleg

boot·leg·ger , noun

Word origin for Bootleg

C17: see boot 1 , leg ; from the practice of smugglers of carrying bottles of liquor concealed in their boots

Synonyms for Bootleg

contraband, illicit, pirated, smuggled, unauthorized, bootlegged, black-market, under-the-counter, unlawful, unofficial, unsanctioned