as in smugglers
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics
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Recent Examples of bootleggers
No real effort is made to stop audio bootleggers, and pristine tapes of these shows have emerged, but the video documentation is scattershot and borderline unwatchable since the rule-breakers are often miles from the stage and forced to film at covert angles.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Sharon Stone co-stars as a mob boss with a few screws loose — her gang of bootleggers toggles with Hutch, threatening to ruin everyone’s R&R.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Sharon Stone co-stars as a mob boss with a few screws loose — her gang of bootleggers toggles with Hutch, threatening to ruin everyone’s R&R.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bootleggers
smugglers
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In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.—
Christina Hall,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Bootleggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootleggers. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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