bootlegger

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

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bootlegger (plural bootleggers)

1. Someone who bootlegs.
   2. One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.
   4. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.

      Synonym: pirate

   6. A miner who mines illegally.

Borrowed from English bootlegger.

• IPA^(key): /but.lɛ.ɡœʁ/ ~ /but.le.ɡœʁ/

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bootlegger m (plural bootleggers, feminine bootleggeuse)

1. bootlegger

• “bootlegger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.