All bootlegging synonyms
bootΒ·leg
B b noun bootlegging
- piracy β software piracy
- smuggling β to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- trafficking β the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- infringement β a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- plagiarism β an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- swag β Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
- goods β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- violation β the act of violating.
- crime β A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
- plunder β to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- stuff β the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- theft β the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
- moonshine β Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
- dealing β selling or doing business in a particular commodity
- poaching β the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- rapine β the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- stealing β Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- swashbuckling β characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- freebooting β to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- marauding β engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- pirating β a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
verb bootlegging
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- negotiate β to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- barter β If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
- network β any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- bargain β Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- contact β Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
- truck β a shuffling jitterbug step.
- interface β a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- run β execution
- deal β If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- bootleg β Bootleg is used to describe something that is made secretly and sold illegally.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pirate β software pirate
- fence β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- relate β to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- dicker β If you say that people are dickering about something, you mean that they are arguing or disagreeing about it, often in a way that you think is foolish or unnecessary.
- trade β the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- peddle β to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
- market β an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- interact β to act one upon another.
- swap β to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- work out β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- black-market β to black-marketeer.
- deal in β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.