Synonyms of the word bootleg


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bootleg

  • v. (chiefly US, transitive) to make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
  • v. (transitive) to make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
  • v. (intransitive) to engage in bootlegging.
  • n. The part of a boot that is above the instep.
  • n. An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.
  • n. (music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is authorized and audited for copyright…
  • n. (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip,…
  • adj. illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

black

  • adj. (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
  • adj. (of a place, etc) Without light.
  • adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the…
  • adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
  • adj. (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red (“of the hearts or diamonds suit”).
  • adj. Bad; evil; ill-omened.
  • adj. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
  • adj. Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
  • adj. (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
  • adj. (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
  • adj. (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black"…
  • adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white (“said of a…
  • adj. (politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
  • adj. Relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld from the general public.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light…
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
  • n. (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
  • n. (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
  • n. (sometimes capitalised, countable) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
  • n. (billiards, snooker, pool, with the, countable) The black ball.
  • n. (baseball, countable) The edge of home plate.
  • n. (Britain, countable) a type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
  • n. (informal, countable) blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
  • n. (in chess and similar games, countable) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
  • n. (countable) Part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
  • n. (obsolete, countable) A stain; a spot.
  • v. To make black, to blacken.
  • v. To apply blacking to something.
  • v. (Britain) To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

black-market

  • adj. Traded on the black market.
  • adj. Contraband, bootleg or smuggled.
  • v. (intransitive) To participate in a black market.
  • v. (transitive) To sell in a black market.

contraband

  • n. (uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
  • n. (uncountable) goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
  • n. (countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured…
  • adj. prohibited from being traded.
  • v. (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
  • v. (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.

corn

  • n. (Britain, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts…
  • n. (US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
  • n. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
  • n. A small, hard particle.
  • v. (US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
  • v. (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
  • v. (US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
  • v. (transitive) To render intoxicated.
  • n. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
  • n. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended…
  • n. (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring…

covering

  • n. (countable) That which covers something.
  • n. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
  • v. present participle of cover.

create

  • v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
  • v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
  • v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
  • v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
  • v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
  • adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.

illegal

  • adj. Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
  • adj. Forbidden by established rules.
  • adj. (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent…
  • adj. (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
  • adj. (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
  • n. (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
  • n. An illegal resident spy.

make

  • v. (transitive, heading) To create.
  • v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
  • v. To constitute.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
  • v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
  • v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
  • v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
  • v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
  • v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
  • v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
  • v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
  • v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
  • v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
  • v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
  • v. To appoint; to name.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
  • v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
  • v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
  • v. To enact; to establish.
  • v. To develop into; to prove to be.
  • v. To form or formulate in the mind.
  • v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
  • v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
  • v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
  • v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
  • v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
  • n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
  • n. How a thing is made; construction.
  • n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
  • n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
  • n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
  • n. A person's character or disposition.
  • n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
  • n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
  • n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
  • n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
  • n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
  • n. (slang, military) A promotion.
  • n. A home-made project.
  • n. (basketball) A made basket.
  • n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
  • n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

moonshine

  • n. (literally) The light of the moon; moonlight.
  • n. (informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
  • n. (colloquial) nonsense.
  • n. (mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
  • n. (US) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
  • n. (obsolete) A month.

produce

  • v. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
  • v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
  • v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
  • v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
  • n. Items produced.
  • n. Amount produced.
  • n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs,…
  • n. Offspring.
  • n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

sell

  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
  • v. (ergative) To be sold.
  • v. To promote a product or service.
  • v. To promote a particular viewpoint.
  • v. (slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
  • v. (professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate…
  • n. An act of selling.
  • n. An easy task.
  • n. (colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax.
  • n. (obsolete) A seat or stool.
  • n. (archaic) A saddle.
  • n. (regional, obsolete) A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

smuggled

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of smuggle.

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