1. Distributed or sold illicitly
   "the bootleg economy pays no taxes";
   - black, black-market, contraband, smuggled

1. Produce or distribute illegally
   "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"
    
2. Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol
   "They were bootlegging whiskey"

1. Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
   "The moonshiners produced bootleg in hidden stills deep in the mountains";
   - moonshine [informal], corn liquor [informal], white lightning [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. The part of a boot above the instep
   "The cowboy's spurs were attached to the bootleg of his riding boots"
    
3. An unauthorized recording of a performance or broadcast
   "He collected bootlegs of early jazz concerts"

Derived forms: bootlegged, bootlegging, bootlegs

See also: illegal

Type of: corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky, covering, create, flog [Brit, informal], make, produce, sell

Part of: boot

Encyclopedia: Bootleg