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bootleg definition

☆ boot·leg (bo̵̅o̅t′leg′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb bootlegged -·legged′, bootlegging -·leg′·ging

to make, carry, or sell (esp. liquor) illegally

Etymology: in allusion to concealing objects in the leg of a high boot

adjective

bootlegged; illegal

noun

  1. the part of a boot that covers the leg
  2. something bootlegged; esp., bootlegged liquor, recordings, etc.
  3. Football a type of play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff to a running back and then runs, usually around the defensive end, with the ball held hidden behind a hip

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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