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" When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged."
Ha-Joon Chang

Meaning of "bootlegged" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BOOTLEGGED

bootlegged


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOOTLEGGED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bootlegged is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bootlegged in English.

WHAT DOES BOOTLEGGED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bootleg

Bootleg, bootlegs, bootlegger, bootleggers, bootlegged or bootlegging may refer to: In crime: ▪ Bootlegging, or rum-running, the illegal transport of alcoholic beverages ▪ Bootlegging, the illegal operation of a speeder on a railway ▪ Smuggling, the clandestine transportation of goods or persons In copyright infringement: ▪ Bootleg recording, an otherwise unavailable audio or video recording of a live performance ▪ Bootleg role-playing games, unauthorized copies of rule-books for tabletop role-playing games ▪ Counterfeit merchandise In business: ▪ Bootleg, also known as pirate radio ▪ Bootleg mining, a mining practice involving small, illegal mines ▪ Bootlegging, secret innovation within an organization In apparel: ▪ Bootleg pants, or bell-bottoms, trousers which flare out at the bottom ▪ Bootleg, a brand name used by C&J Clark for children's shoes and trainers In films and...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BOOTLEGGED

PRESENT

Present
I bootleg
you bootleg
he/she/it bootlegs
we bootleg
you bootleg
they bootleg
Present continuous
I am bootlegging
you are bootlegging
he/she/it is bootlegging
we are bootlegging
you are bootlegging
they are bootlegging
Present perfect
I have bootlegged
you have bootlegged
he/she/it has bootlegged
we have bootlegged
you have bootlegged
they have bootlegged
Present perfect continuous
I have been bootlegging
you have been bootlegging
he/she/it has been bootlegging
we have been bootlegging
you have been bootlegging
they have been bootlegging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bootlegged
you bootlegged
he/she/it bootlegged
we bootlegged
you bootlegged
they bootlegged
Past continuous
I was bootlegging
you were bootlegging
he/she/it was bootlegging
we were bootlegging
you were bootlegging
they were bootlegging
Past perfect
I had bootlegged
you had bootlegged
he/she/it had bootlegged
we had bootlegged
you had bootlegged
they had bootlegged
Past perfect continuous
I had been bootlegging
you had been bootlegging
he/she/it had been bootlegging
we had been bootlegging
you had been bootlegging
they had been bootlegging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bootleg
you will bootleg
he/she/it will bootleg
we will bootleg
you will bootleg
they will bootleg
Future continuous
I will be bootlegging
you will be bootlegging
he/she/it will be bootlegging
we will be bootlegging
you will be bootlegging
they will be bootlegging
Future perfect
I will have bootlegged
you will have bootlegged
he/she/it will have bootlegged
we will have bootlegged
you will have bootlegged
they will have bootlegged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bootlegging
you will have been bootlegging
he/she/it will have been bootlegging
we will have been bootlegging
you will have been bootlegging
they will have been bootlegging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bootlegged
you would bootlegged
he/she/it would bootlegged
we would bootlegged
you would bootlegged
they would bootlegged
Conditional continuous
I would be bootlegging
you would be bootlegging
he/she/it would be bootlegging
we would be bootlegging
you would be bootlegging
they would be bootlegging
Conditional perfect
I would have bootlegged
you would have bootlegged
he/she/it would have bootlegged
we would have bootlegged
you would have bootlegged
they would have bootlegged
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bootlegging
you would have been bootlegging
he/she/it would have been bootlegging
we would have been bootlegging
you would have been bootlegging
they would have been bootlegging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bootleg
we let´s bootleg
you bootleg
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bootleg
Past participle
bootlegged
Present Participle
bootlegging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOOTLEGGED

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOOTLEGGED

Synonyms and antonyms of bootlegged in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BOOTLEGGED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bootlegged» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «bootlegged» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BOOTLEGGED

Find out the translation of bootlegged to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bootlegged from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bootlegged» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

私售
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

contrabando
570 millions of speakers
en

English

bootlegged
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

bootlegged
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

روج خمور
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бутлегах
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

bootlegged
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

bootlegged
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

piratée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bootlegged
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Raubkopien
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

密造
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

밀매
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bootlegged
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lậu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

bootlegged
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बूटलॉग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bootlegged
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

bootlegged
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

bootlegged
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

бутлеги
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

contrabandă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bootlegged
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bootlegged
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bootlegged
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bootlegged
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bootlegged

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOOTLEGGED»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of bootlegged
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bootlegged

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «BOOTLEGGED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bootlegged.
1
Chris Bailey
Lots of people I know have bootlegged tapes of performances and if they play it I will be transported back sometimes with happiness, sometimes with horror.
2
Ha-Joon Chang
When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOOTLEGGED»

Discover the use of bootlegged in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bootlegged and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jesus Bootlegged
It was a message that was going to change everything. even reorient the way we see each other. and revolutionize the way we as humanity interact with God.This book is about how the significance of this message needs to be rediscovered.
George Elerick, 2011
2
Bootlegged Angel
Angel finds himself working undercover for a brewery in darkest Kent, where bootlegging cheap beer from France is a growth industry.
Mike Ripley, 2013
3
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 ...
In the case of star artists, this market can be substantial and, according to the most comprehensive study of the bootleg phenomenon, the most bootlegged artists are such figures as the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin (Heylin 1994 ).
John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, 2003
4
Bootlegging: Romanticism and Copyright in the Music Industry
Bootlegs act as underground promotion because there is a critical kudos attached to being bootlegged. Being bootlegged by definition labels you as a 'live act'. Also, bootlegging's countercultural element means that there is an underground ...
Lee Marshall, 2005
5
Nevirapine and the Quest to End Pediatric AIDS
physicians and patients using bootlegged nevirapine, so that the physicians could receive up-to-date information about how to use the drug and report their clinical experiences to the company.92 The ACT UP representatives recognized the ...
Rebecca J. Anderson, 2013
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The Usefulness of Wenger's Framework in Understanding a ...
Pastoors found that motivation to participate in bootlegged CoPs was high, that the bootlegged CoPs allowed for sharing of tacit knowledge and provided a welcome arena for those who shared common interests and “passions” (p. 29), and ...
Jane Bozarth, 2008
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Violence, Coercion, and State-Making in Twentieth-Century ...
Even more, the political discourse on piracy describes retailers of bootlegged material as criminals, organized through global networks that ultimately finance international terrorism.23 The political weight of copyrights is related to its economic ...
Wil Pansters, 2012
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Rough Copy: The Story of a Bootlegged Slave Girl
When beautiful, leggy, submissive Lisa wakes up in a new cloned body, she understands that participating in her Master's futuristic cloning project was a barefoot step too far.
Han Li Thorn, 2005
9
Drunk Driving: An American Dilemma
Furthermore, if beverage alcohol taxes were increased, the incentives for home brew and bootlegged alcohol would increase. Even in today's market, a certain percentage of beverage alcohol is bootlegged — that is, diverted from the ...
James B. Jacobs, 1989
10
Internet Piracy
While at first blush this law might not seem to be pertinent to Internet piracy, it is important to note that websites have been set up for the purpose of selling such illegal — or bootlegged — films. Additionally, some criminals sell the bootlegged  ...
Gail Blasser Riley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOOTLEGGED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bootlegged is used in the context of the following news items.
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Illegal cosmetics may see owners charged
Bootlegged cosmetics are regularly seized by authorities, with one of the country's largest hauls in recent years coming in June 2013, when ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
2
The TPP: It's not your party; cry if you want to
Studio heads hope to recapture billions lost to bootlegged films and recordings. Yet few Americans shed tears at the thought of entertainers ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
3
'How Music Got Free' -- author Stephen Witt on the digital revolution …
After arriving at college in 1997, Witt began downloading bootlegged songs onto his computer. By graduation, he had six 20-gigabyte drives full ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
4
Top Asian News at 2:30 am GMT
SHANGHAI (AP) — A complete bootlegged copy of Michael Lewis' bestselling book about Wall Street, "Liar's Poker," was hosted on the official ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
5
AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EDT
SHANGHAI (AP) — A complete bootlegged copy of Michael Lewis' bestselling book about Wall Street, "Liar's Poker," was hosted on the official ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
6
If you want to know 'How Music Got Free,' read the book
Least of all Witt, who acknowledges up front that he is a “member of the pirate generation,” with hundreds of bootlegged songs in his computer ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
7
Is This The 2016 Prius?
We urge caution at this juncture, but in the event these are images bootlegged from Toyota, we're posting this for consideration until we learn ... «Hybrid Cars News, Jul 15»
8
AP Exclusive: China Ministry posted bootleg 'Liar's Poker'
SHANGHAI (AP) - A complete bootlegged copy of Michael Lewis' bestselling book about Wall Street, "Liar's Poker," was hosted on the official website of the ... «KXXV News Channel 25, Jul 15»
9
Rare Test Pressing of Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Found
While the "New York" versions of most of those Minnesota-recorded tracks were eventually bootlegged or distributed via Dylan's archival ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
10
Remembering Grateful Dead's 1977 Cornell show
And though the days of bootlegged tapes are long over, Cannon was still able to hear Trey Anastasio — the frontman of Phish — giving the ... «Ithaca Journal, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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