bootlegged

past tense of bootleg

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bootlegged
Verb
  • The court records make no mention of DHS’ claim that Santillana had recently paid to have her teenage children smuggled across the border.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Some of that is possibly smuggled in illegally.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The injured man told them that a female friend had taken his truck and sold it to a man at a game room near East Berry Street and South Riverside Drive, police said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Formed in 1921, the body first sold poppies on November 11 of that year.
    Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Beloved by street skaters for decades, it has been fenced off since June while city officials wrestled with its fate.
    News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The land is now inaccessible to the public, having been fenced off by Croatian authorities.
    Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Bootlegged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootlegged. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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