Definition of "bootleg" []

• To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally. (verb-transitive)
• To produce, distribute, or sell without permission or illegally: a clandestine outfit that bootlegs compact discs and tapes. (verb-transitive)
• To engage in the bootlegging of alcoholic liquor or another product. (verb-intransitive)
• To attach a transmitter to a dish antenna, creating an uplink via which a signal is sent to a satellite without the knowledge of the satellite's owner. (verb-intransitive)
• Football To fake a hand-off, conceal the ball on the hip, and roll out in order to pass or especially to rush around the end. Used of a quarterback. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For the sake of sanity, radio shows and other broadcasts are lumped in with "bootlegs" -- the term bootleg is taken to be anything not released by the band on one of its official record companies."
• "Since there has never been an official home entertainment release, this rarely-seen work has turned up in bootleg versions."
• "Three cigarette commercials have been circulating in bootleg channels for years."