bootleg

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
• Syn:
moonshine, corn liquor
• Derivationally related forms:
moonshine (for: moonshine)
• Hypernyms:
corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn
2. the part of a boot above the instep
• Hypernyms:
covering
• Part Holonyms:
boot

II - verb

1. sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol
- They were bootlegging whiskey
• Derivationally related forms:
bootlegger
• Topics:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Hypernyms:
sell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. produce or distribute illegally
- bootleg tapes of the diva's singing
• Hypernyms:
produce, make, create
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective

distributed or sold illicitly
- the black economy pays no taxes
• Syn:
black, black-market, contraband, smuggled
• Similar to:
illegal
• Derivationally related forms:
contraband (for: contraband)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  black, black-market, contraband, smuggled, moonshine, corn liquor