BOOTLEGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bootlegging mean? 

• BOOTLEGGING (noun)
  The noun BOOTLEGGING has 2 senses:

1. the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally

2. the act of selling illegally or without permission

  Familiarity information: BOOTLEGGING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOTLEGGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable

Hypernyms ("bootlegging" is a kind of...):

marketing; merchandising; selling (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of selling illegally or without permission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia

Hypernyms ("bootlegging" is a kind of...):

marketing; merchandising; selling (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)