bootleg

Oznaczający (Angielski)

Verb

1. To engage in bootlegging.
2. To engage in bootlegging.
3. To engage in bootlegging.

Noun

1. The part of a boot that is above the instep.
2. An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.
3. An unauthorized recording, e.g., of a live concert.
4. A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.
5. A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.

Adj

Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

Synonimy

moonshine

black

illegal

contraband

top of a boot

black-market

smuggle

boot-top

corn liquor

smuggled

smugge

run

smuggling

strike

tortious

unauthorised

unauthorized

under-the-counter

undocumented

undue

unlawful

wildcat

wrongful

pirated edition

pirate copy

contraband business

no ball

mashup

blend

distil

illegitimate

illicit trade

invalidated

lawless

nullified

out-of-bounds

piratical

prohibited

Etymologia (Angielski)

From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.