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BOOTLEGGING
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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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