bootleg
noun
alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
were 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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OPA inspections during a drive against black-market operations uncovered the fact that 70% of 500 Eastern filling stations were bootlegging gasoline and otherwise violating rationing rules.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite their suspicions that Pero and his colleague were bootlegging, the Bulgarian customs officials could legally do nothing but wave them through to Serbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
