- present participle of bootleg.
bootlegging
Example Sentences
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Ryan Coogler’s bootlegging, Southern vampire blockbuster is smart, ambitious, original and masterfully executed — a classic best picture contender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
The two are stunned to discover Helen’s passionate letters in addition to hints about bootlegging and a jewelry heist.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
To combat the bootlegging, his team chose to persuade major retailers to buy scrunchies from them rather than seek damages through litigation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
One complicating factor for allowing the buyout was the Premier League pursuing legal means to shut down a television piracy operation linked to Saudi Arabia that was bootlegging footage from Qatari-owned beIN Sports.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
Foreign bootlegging of minerals is so thorough that our neighbor the French Congo, without a single diamond mine in its borders, is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of diamonds.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
