bootleg
bootleg
Definition
☆ boot·leg (bo̵̅o̅t′leg′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·legged′, -·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
- the part of a boot that covers the leg
- something bootlegged; esp., bootlegged liquor, recordings, etc.
- 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
boot′·leg′·ger noun
bootleg
Synonyms
bootleg
Law Definition
v
To make or distribute something illegally, without required authorization or
registration, or without payment of the appropriate taxes.
n
Something that is made or distributed in such a fashion.
bootleg
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- week: My bootleg of the week goes to Dub Be Like a Good Record.
Object
- remixes: Be they forthcoming single releases, must-hear album tracks, bootlegs, remixes or melodic oddities, they're all here.
- compilation: This track has been in demand for sometime and has appeared on a couple of bootleg compilations.
- recording: Joy Division's performance can be found on bootleg recordings.
- tape: Stez - There's a bootleg tape going around from a gig around 1992.
- CD: The bootleg CD " Corridor of Flame " is released in May.
- copy: Dozens of bootleg copies of the British special are selling on internet auction site eBay.
Used with why or when
- that: Its the same rhythm from Aquarius Dub that has been used on the recent Missy Elliot bootleg that 's been floating around London recently.
Modifying Another Word
- on: Joy Division's performance can be found on bootleg recordings.
- some: Is there some bootleg heavy metal version of the Hounds of Love that I'm not aware of?
- heavily: When the band returned to the UK their reputation had grown to the point where many of their concerts here too were heavily bootlegged.
- much: And people wonder why there is so much bootlegging in the music business!
- live: Often using three decks he weaves old and new tracks creating pumpin live bootlegs.
- no: But it was in HMV in Milton Keynes in a proper CD case with insert and everything... no bootleg!
Browse dictionary entries near bootleg
- bootjack
- bootie
- Boothia Peninsula
- Boothia
- booth
- bootee
- bootblack
- Boot Sector
- Boot Protocol
- boot camp
- bootlegger
- bootless
- bootlick
- BOOTP
- boots
- boots and saddles
- bootstrap
- Bootstrap Protocol
- bootstrapping
- booty
