bootlegging

English

Noun

bootlegging (countable and uncountable, plural bootleggings)

  1. Engaging in economic production or distribution in an illegal way.
    Coordinate term: piracy
    1. The activity of making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor.
    2. The activity of making, transporting and/or selling an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
      Synonym: piracy
    3. The activity of operating a mine illicitly.

Derived terms

Verb

bootlegging

  1. present participle and gerund of bootleg
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