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
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
Atlanta’s young quarterback, Desmond Ridder, bootlegged for a 6-yard touchdown on fourth-and-4 with just under 12 minutes remaining.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
The song has the scratchy, low quality vibe of a bootlegged demo; and the vocals are sometimes slurred and glitchy - likely to be artefacts of the AI process.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2023
I wish I could stop one of them and give them sage advice about the future and bootlegged exams.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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