WHAT IS BOOTLEG?

Basically bootleg means Fake, Counterfeit, Illegal Copy. Practically anything that can reproduced can be reproduced illegally.





boot·leg
boot·leg [bt lèg]
v (past boot·legged, past participle boot·legged, present participle boot·leg·ging, 3rd person present singular boot·legs)

1. vti deal in illegal goods: to make, transport, or sell illegal goods, especially illegally copied or recorded material

2. vi football fake a pass: in football, to pretend to pass the ball to another player while running with the ball concealed against the hip






[Early 20th century. Back-formation from bootlegger .]
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