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bootlegged

verb

past tense of bootleg
as in smuggled

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  1. smuggled
  2. sold
  3. fenced
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  • Large quantities of gold have been smuggled out of the country to finance the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, who control gold-producing areas in Darfur and Kordofan regions, according to experts commissioned by the United Nations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Large quantities of gold have been smuggled out of the country to finance the RSF, which controls gold-producing areas in the Darfur and Kordofan regions, according to experts commissioned by the United Nations.
    — Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of smuggled
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  • White real estate agents also averaged $1,998,000 in annual sales volume, the total dollar amount of property sold by an agent, whereas Black agents averaged $474,500 in sales volume.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The special-edition collaboration will be sold direct-to-consumer until supplies last.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sold
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  • The proposal includes adding a public walkway along part of Shaw Cove, a waterfront area that’s been fenced off for years.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Kushner’s local partners fenced off a site that had been a popular spot for beachgoers.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of fenced
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“Bootlegged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootlegged. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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