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

• antibootlegging
• booklegging
• buttlegging

Verb

bootlegging

1. present participle and gerund of bootleg