bootlegger
noun
boot·leg·ger
ˈbüt-ˌle-gər 
-ˌlā-
plural bootleggers
: one who bootlegs something: such as
a
: 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
Will FergusonMost of us associate the pocket flask with the Roaring Twenties era of the bootlegger and the speakeasy …—Linda Rosenkrantz
Linda Rosenkrantz
b
: 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
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
Leslie Brokaw
Examples of bootlegger in a Sentence
a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics
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Spikes in methanol poisonings are common in Iran, where ordinary alcohol can’t be sold or consumed and bootleggers often use industrial methanol to produce homemade alcoholic drinks instead.
—Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
The dynamic echoed commercial theater’s current love affair with missing-the-point adaptations of The Great Gatsby, a Faust story of its own with a bootlegger as the Devil.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Among the additions to season two is Simu Liu as the voice of Chang, a charming bootlegger from a powerful family who can been seen above in the first-look clip that is exclusive to THR.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
Simon, a cassette tape bootlegger — how’s that for period detail! — played by Jason Andrews is struggling to hold his life together when he is visited by a woman from his past (Eddie Daniels) with startling news that sends him on an emotional journey.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
The dynamic echoed commercial theater’s current love affair with missing-the-point adaptations of The Great Gatsby, a Faust story of its own with a bootlegger as the Devil.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Among the additions to season two is Simu Liu as the voice of Chang, a charming bootlegger from a powerful family who can been seen above in the first-look clip that is exclusive to THR.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
Simon, a cassette tape bootlegger — how’s that for period detail! — played by Jason Andrews is struggling to hold his life together when he is visited by a woman from his past (Eddie Daniels) with startling news that sends him on an emotional journey.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Bootlegger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bootlegger. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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