bootlegged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bootlegged
Example Sentences
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My TV habit included rental-store tapes of bootlegged movies and shows dubbed from American TV.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
One of the world's most bootlegged recordings - Fatboy Slim's Satisfaction Skank - is finally being released, after the Rolling Stones gave belated approval for the song's pivotal sample.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Hildebrandt said that a decade ago, dental students in her classes “were basically giving each other thumb drives with bootlegged copies of the head and neck.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024
In the salons I went to as a child, I remember men peddling bootlegged movies and fashions to the clients with their hair wrapped or freshly sheened as they dug for cash in their purses.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2023
There is an ancient-looking air conditioner hanging on to the ledge of the bootlegged window, and the glass above the machine has been covered with a piece of decorative cloth.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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