bootleg

Meanings

Verb

Noun

  • The part of a boot that is above the instep.
  • An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.
  • An unauthorized recording, e.g., of a live concert.
  • 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.

Adjective

  • Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

Origin

  • boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.

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