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boot·leg
bootleg
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- pronunciation:
- but
leg
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
bootlegs, bootlegging, bootlegged |
definition: |
to smuggle or otherwise participate in the unauthorized or illegal sale of.
Those gangsters were bootlegging whisky and gin throughout Prohibition. |
related words: |
run |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to deal illegally in the making, conveyance, or sale of something.
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
characterized by or associated with bootlegging, as an illegal or clandestine operation.
The truck carried fifty cases of bootleg whisky. |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
alcoholic drink, usu. whiskey or other strong spirit, that is made, conveyed, or sold illegally.
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derivation: |
bootlegger (n.) |
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