bootlegged

[ boot-legd ]

adjective

1. bootleg.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bootlegged¹

bootleg, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Hildebrandt said that a decade ago, dental students in her classes “were basically giving each other thumb drives with bootlegged copies of the head and neck.”

From Los Angeles Times

Indians are more likely to find bootlegged versions than to find them streaming on commercial platforms.

From New York Times

In the salons I went to as a child, I remember men peddling bootlegged movies and fashions to the clients with their hair wrapped or freshly sheened as they dug for cash in their purses.

From New York Times

Some of Rodriguez songs were banned by the apartheid regime and many bootlegged copies were made on tapes and later CDs.

From Seattle Times

He was unaware of his popularity abroad, which partly stemmed from bootlegged copies of his album Cold Fact circulating in South Africa, where it been adopted as an unofficial soundtrack to youth protests against apartheid.

From BBC

Related Words

• contraband
• illicit
• pirated
• smuggled
• unauthorized