bootleg

🇺🇸 /ˈbuːtleɡ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbuːtleɡ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
adjective
R

produced or sold without permission or legal approval

She was selling bootleg DVDs of the latest movies.

noun
R

an illegal copy of a product, such as a recording or alcoholic beverage

The police seized a large number of bootlegs from the warehouse.

verb
R

to engage in the illegal production or sale of goods, especially alcohol

He was arrested for bootlegging whiskey during the Prohibition era.

translation

adj. produced or sold without permission or legal approval
n. an illegal copy of a product, such as a recording or alcoholic beverage
v. to engage in the illegal production or sale of goods, especially alcohol

Word Forms

3rd Present bootlegs
Progressive bootlegging
Past bootlegged
Plural bootlegs
Perfect bootlegged