bootlegging (n.)

also boot-legging, 1890, from bootleg (q.v.).

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also boot-leg, "upper part of the leg of a boot," 1630s, from boot (n.1) + leg (n.). As an adjective in reference to illegal liquor, 1889, American English slang, from the trick of concealing a flask of liquor down the leg of a high boot. Before that the bootleg was the place to secret knives and pistols. Extended to unauthorized music recordings, etc., by 1957.

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Definitions of bootlegging

bootlegging (n.)

the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally;

the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable

bootlegging (n.)

the act of selling illegally or without permission;

the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia

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