bootlegging

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noun

The activity of making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor.

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Meanings

nounbootlegging (countable and uncountable, plural bootleggings)

plural bootleggings

  1. Engaging in economic production or distribution in an illegal way.
    1. countableuncountableThe activity of making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor.
    2. countableuncountableThe activity of making, transporting and/or selling an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.

      Synonyms: piracy

    3. countableuncountableThe activity of operating a mine illicitly.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bootleg

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe activity of making, transporting and/or selling an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.

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piracy
Also see
piracy
Cite this entry
APA

bootlegging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootlegging

MLA

“bootlegging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootlegging. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootlegging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootlegging.

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