bootleg

To engage in bootlegging.

Only certain dishes are allowed—-not fish and lobster, reserved to the state restaurants—-and those paladares that break the rules operate like speakeasies in the time of Prohibition, the fish-bootlegging owners keeping a nervous eye out for informers.

To engage in bootlegging.

In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet.

In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg whiskey from a still hidden in the backwoods.

To engage in bootlegging.

In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg under some sort of Robin-Hood-esque notion.

In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg Windows CD-ROMs.

To engage in bootlegging.

In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet.

In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg coal from a shaft hidden in the backwoods.

The part of a boot that is above the instep.

Holonyms: upper < boot

An illegally produced, transported, or sold product.

He thinks he can cross this border with bootleg and get away with it. I doubt he's right. Maybe years ago, but not nowadays.

An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert.

Years ago I heard a fantastic bootleg of that song. It was my favorite rendition.

A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.

A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.

Illegally produced, transported, or sold.

Near-synonym: pirated

Being an inferior imitation of something, possibly a counterfeit.

bootleg coffee