bootlegging

verb

Meaning

To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
To engage in bootlegging.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

pirating(English)bootlegger(English)smuggling(English)contraband(English)black market(English)drug trafficking(English)piracy(English)trafficking(English)speakeasies(English)prohibition(English)remus(English)capone(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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