bootlegged

past tense of bootleg

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bootlegged
Verb
  • The doctors used equipment that had been smuggled into the Ghetto to measure capillary circulation, examine bone marrow under microscopes, and record electrocardiograms.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Once filmmakers completed the 28-day shoot, a rough cut was smuggled out of Iran.
    Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sutton is among a group of both private and nonprofit developers who have constructed and sold homes on land bank lots across the county.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
  • After Annabel’s and the other Birley clubs – including Harry’s Bar, Mark’s Club, and George – were sold, Lady Annabel’s son Robin took up the family mantle, and opened a string of private eating clubs and bakeries on both sides of the Atlantic.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Levy’s house is fenced and has another gate at the edge of his property.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This is a film that refuses to be fenced in, dabbling in the undead, the magical, and, perhaps most importantly, the sapphic.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
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“Bootlegged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootlegged. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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