bootleg
adjective/ˈbuːtleɡ/
/ˈbuːtleɡ/
[only before noun]- made and sold illegally
- a bootleg video (= for example, one recorded illegally at a concert)
- She was selling bootleg whiskey.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBootleg is used with these nouns:- cassette
- copy
- DVD
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the smugglers' practice of concealing bottles in their boots.Definitions on the go
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