bootlegger

noun

boot·leg·ger ˈbüt-ˌle-gər

-ˌlā-

plural bootleggers

Synonyms of bootlegger next

: one who bootlegs something: such as

: a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally

… in sleepy little St-Hilaire, once a Prohibition boom town, from which bootleggers smuggled truckloads of whisky into the U.S. …—

Will Ferguson

Most of us associate the pocket flask with the Roaring Twenties era of the bootlegger and the speakeasy …—

Linda Rosenkrantz

: a person who produces, reproduces, or distributes something (such as a recording) illicitly or without authorization

As part of his job, Schoenfeld is charged with ferreting out record bootleggers and protecting the copyright interests of record labels.—

Holly Gleason

… the conversation ran from how the different companies project returns on direct mail to efforts to crack down on software bootleggers.—

Leslie Brokaw

Examples of bootlegger in a Sentence

a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics

Recent Examples on the Web According to Cornell Law School, civil forfeiture comes from English law and was popular both in the days of Prohibition, when law enforcement would seize the property of bootleggers in order to slow the production and sale of alcohol, and during the War on Drugs in the 1980s. —

Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024 Nearly every show from the 1974 tour was captured by bootleggers, but this box set is the first chance to hear most of them with pristine audio. —

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024 Remus Repeal Reserve was named after bootlegger George Remus, a man with a nefarious and sometimes problematic history who nevertheless was an important figure during Prohibition. —

Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024 Liu will play the role of Chang, a handsome, impossibly charming bootlegger and son to one of San Francisco Chinatown’s most powerful and influential families. —

Peter White, Deadline, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bootlegger

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