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boot·leg
/ ˈboōtˌleg/
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adj.
(esp. of liquor, computer software, or recordings) made, distributed, or sold illegally:
bootleg cassettes
bootleg whiskey.
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v.
(-legged, -leg·ging) [tr.]
make, distribute, or sell (illicit goods, esp. liquor, computer software, or recordings) illegally:
[as n.] (bootlegging)
domestic bootlegging was almost impossible to control.
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n.
1.
an illegal musical recording, esp. one made at a concert.
2.
Football
a play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff and runs with the ball hidden next to his hip.
DERIVATIVES:
boot·leg·ger
n.
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Cigarette bootlegging takes million from state tax coffers.
PR Newswire; 5/16/1989; 700+ words
; CIGARETTE BOOTLEGGING TAKES MILLIONS FROM STATE TAX COFFERS...s still illegal. The "it" is bootlegging cigarettes, a significant part of...consumer excise tax on cigarettes. Bootlegging exists in the shadows of Florida law...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Bootlegging charges rarely filed for college parties; Students sell beer without a license, often to cover the cost of the event
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 11/29/2004; ; 654 words
; IOWA CITY (AP) - Bootlegging can mean big bucks for college students...illegal the law is seldom enforced. Bootlegging means selling liquor without a license...Someone under 21 who is convicted of bootlegging faces 30 days in jail and a $500...
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Bootlegging Costs Local Stores GBP22,000 Each in Lost Sales Over 12-Month Period.
PR Newswire Europe; 5/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...England, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Bootlegging of tobacco and alcohol is costing Britain...through smuggling. The estimate that bootlegging cost the independent retail trade GBP973m...consistent failure to address the problem of bootlegging during his time as Chancellor has seen...
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Illegal bootlegging common at U. Iowa-area house parties
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/6/2007; ; 569 words
; ...doing so is the age-old offense of "bootlegging." By definition in the Iowa Code, bootlegging is "the prohibited 'sale' of beer...may be unaware of the offense because bootlegging arrests around Iowa City are somewhat...
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Bootlegging Costs Local Stores GBP28k Each in Last Year in Lost Sales.
PR Newswire; 7/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...England, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Bootlegging of tobacco and alcohol is costing Britain...Almost one in two retailers claimed bootlegging activities on both alcohol and tobacco...past year. The survey estimates that bootlegging cost the independent retail trade GBP1...
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BOOTLEGGING SUSPECTS NABBED ON NAVAJO NATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/15/2008; 695 words
; ...morning to announce the results of a Bootlegging Operation on the Navajo Nation over...a four month long investigation into bootlegging operations on the Navajo Reservation...intoxicants in Indian Country (AKA "Bootlegging), a Class A misdemeanor: * Table...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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MOB BOOTLEGGING, RUSSIAN STYLE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/6/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 05-06-1993 MOB BOOTLEGGING, RUSSIAN STYLE -- IMMIGRANTS HELD...federal tax officials estimated that fuel bootlegging robs government treasuries -- and the...investigation leading to the indictment, fuel bootlegging would continue to be a highly structured...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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BOOTLEGGING WAS HARDLY A SECRET IN BLACK DIAMOND.(Neighbors)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 12/14/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...town, nods his head in agreement. ``Bootlegging was the number two industry in this...The risk of getting nailed in a bootlegging raid was no big thing back in those...a family on that, so in addition to bootlegging, Emil's mother also expected her...
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High-Tech Bootlegging
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/5/1999; 485 words
; ...they are unlikely to be prosecuted. This is an old story; it's called bootlegging. Bootlegging has always been profitable, but it happens to be illegal. And bootlegging is no longer just mountain stills -- now it is conducted through the...
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Bootlegging: Romanticism and Copyright In the Music Industry.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 474 words
; 0761944907 Bootlegging; romanticism and copyright in the...slant on the issues of copyright and bootlegging, intended to rectify the lack of...this concept affects the practice of bootlegging and the importance of capitalism in...
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Bootlegging
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BOOTLEGGING BOOTLEGGING. In January 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment became law, banning...the mob and notorious criminals such as Al Capone. As a result, bootlegging became big business in the era, often as immigrants took hold of...
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bootlegging
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bootlegging in the United States, the illegal distribution...practiced when liquor taxes were high, bootlegging was instrumental in defeating early...New York City were heavily involved in bootlegging. The retail outlet in the prohibition...
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Temperance Movement
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...for their own consumption. Others turned to bootlegging, or the illegal sale of alcohol. Prices on...and maintain control over the highly profitable bootlegging business. Bootlegging was so profitable because so many people wanted...
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Organized Crime
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...power. Chicago , where the violence of bootlegging wars was capped by the famous 1929 St...establish numerous relatively small bootlegging, gambling, and vice enterprises...defined him as the lord of Chicago bootlegging and a controlling figure in local politics...
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Dalton Trumbo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...brief criminal career. He was involved with check kiting and bootlegging for a short time. Writing was what he had wanted to do...and doing some illegal activity) he wrote a piece about bootlegging, which was accepted by Vanity Fair. When Trumbo quit the...
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