bootlegged

Verb

bootleg (third-person singular simple present bootlegs, present participle bootlegging, simple past and past participle bootlegged)

1. (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.2010, Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture, What’s Left of It
   1. (US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
      • In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet.
   2. (ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
      • In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg under some sort of Robin-Hood-esque notion.
   3. (US, ambitransitive) To operate a mine illicitly.
      • In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet.

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