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BOOTLEGGING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally

Example:

the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

Example:

the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb bootleg

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