bootleg
noun
alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
was bootlegging
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past progressiveof bootleg.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One complicating factor for allowing the buyout was the Premier League pursuing legal means to shut down a television piracy operation linked to Saudi Arabia that was bootlegging footage from Qatari-owned beIN Sports.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
He wasn’t following Monet; he was bootlegging him.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2016
Jay-Z's friends claim that Rivera was bootlegging some of the rapper's music.
From Time Magazine Archive
