What does bootleg mean?
Bootleg means (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging..
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/ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging..
Only certain dishes are allowed—-not fish and lobster, reserved to the state restaurants—-and those paladares that break the rules operate like speakeasies in the time of Prohibition, the fish-bootlegging owners keeping a nervous eye out for informers.
Holonyms: upper < boot
He thinks he can cross this border with bootleg and get away with it. I doubt he's right. Maybe years ago, but not nowadays.
Years ago I heard a fantastic bootleg of that song. It was my favorite rendition.
Near-synonym: pirated
bootleg coffee
Use bootleg when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bootleg means (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging..
Common synonyms include contraband, pirated, ersatz, black.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Only certain dishes are allowed—-not fish and lobster, reserved to the state restaurants—-and those paladares that break the rules operate like speakeasies in the time of Prohibition, the fish-bootlegging owners keeping a nervous eye out for informers.
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