bootleg
noun
alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
bootlegs
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present tense formof bootleg (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Many of the tracks, including Fugitive's Dream and Don't Back Down on Our Love, have circulated on bootlegs for years, but will finally be heard in studio quality.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
Stream much of Season 1 to 5 free on Pluto; bootlegs of individual episodes are easy to find online.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
But they bit on fakes and bootlegs and gave up 98 rushing yards to quarterbacks.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
At the Senior Bowl in February, Strong tried to show teams how much his mobility on bootlegs and in the pocket had progressed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
She prodded at the radio and found a college station, staticky and amateurish, and nodded her head along with the mash-up mixes and concert bootlegs the DJ was spinning.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
