Bootleg

Quick meaning: Bootleg is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.

More Meanings

1. The part of a boot that is above the instep.
2. An illegally produced, transported, or sold product.
3. (music) An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert.
4. (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
5. Illegally produced, transported, or sold.
6. Being an inferior imitation of something, possibly a counterfeit.
7. (music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.

Example Sentences

bootleg coffee

Near-synonym: pirated

Holonyms: upper < boot

Years ago I heard a fantastic bootleg of that song. It was my favorite rendition.

Word Forms

• bootlegs
• bootlegging
• bootlegged

Synonyms for bootleg

Depending on context, synonyms include contraband, pirated, ersatz, black, smuggle, black-market.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include contraband, black-market, smuggle, illegal, black, smuggled.

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