I. boot ‧ leg 1 /ˈbuːtleɡ/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
1 . bootleg alcohol, software, or ↑ recording s are made and sold illegally:
bootleg tapes
2 . American English bootleg JEAN s , trousers etc become wider at the end of each leg SYN bootcut British English
II. bootleg 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
an illegal recording of a music performance
III. bootleg 3 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle bootlegged , present participle bootlegging ) [intransitive and transitive]
to illegally make or sell alcohol, or to illegally make or sell copies of software or ↑ recording s
—bootlegger noun [countable]
—bootlegging noun [uncountable]