26984 words

bootlegging

8 definitions • 13 examples
1
illegally made, copied, or sold:

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3
a product that is illegally made, copied, or sold:

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Although Springsteen blocked the album's official distribution, bootlegs inevitably appeared.
File-sharing isn't a crime, trading the bootlegs is.
4
in American football, the act of pretending to give the ball to another player to run with before keeping the ball and running in a different direction:

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The quarterback executed a very nice bootleg.
He rolled to his right on a bootleg and dived into the endzone.
5
to illegally make, copy, or sell something:

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The movie's screenplay has been widely bootlegged.
If we catch you bootlegging, we will inform the police.
6
made illegally or copied:

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Bootleg DVDs are sold on the street.
7
illegally made, copied, or sold:

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Instead of buying the album, she downloaded a bootleg copy from the internet.
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to illegally make, copy, or sell something:

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The movie has already been widely bootlegged.

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