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Meanings of bootleg in anglès

espanyol
chicha

Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash.

chicha

Distributed or sold illicitly.

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The creation of a new piece of music by combining several pre-existing sources.

Usage of bootleg in anglès
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Until YouTube, it had the mythical quality of a great bootleg album.
The Guardian
2
We stood quietly for a while, then the bootleg Rory said, Okay.
Red Planet Blues
3
Indeed, she replied; the Soakes clan had been making bootleg whiskey for years.
Harvest Home
4
No one must bootleg The Basement Tapes; that seems to be the message.
The Guardian
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The bootleg unbuttoned and removed his khaki work shirt, then boosted himself up.
Red Planet Blues
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His eyes went wide the moment he saw the bootleg Pickover.
Red Planet Blues
7
SAPS have also busted a bootleg alcohol racket in the province.
The South African
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I always put 'em down my bootleg, between the sock and the leather.
The Sky Line of Spruce
9
Someone made a bootleg recording and Jeffrey Collins somehow obtained the master copy.
Wired
10
He assumed that she had also been drinking the bootleg whiskey.
Dayworld
11
My daddy sold whiskey, bootleg whiskey, he told Rolling Stone magazine in 1970.
Radio NZ
12
We go down the street where that guy sells bootleg videos.
Purple heart
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He said the riot was probably caused by inmates drinking quite strong bootleg alcohol.
Radio NZ
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Her monologue is about bootleg liquor and the government's way of handling the problem.
The new yorker
15
Tells also problem of the brewers who will have to oust speakeasy bootleg beer.
The new yorker
16
Who made the U.S. government's decision to bootleg its expansive surveillance system into place?
Reuters
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Translations for bootleg
espanyol
chicha
Bootleg through the time
Bootleg across language varieties
United States of America
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