bootlegger

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who bootlegs.; One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.
    — His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin, an austere declaration of the motto on the wall behind him: he warned his flock against the evils of heady brews, gambling, and strange women. Bootleggers caused enough trouble in the Quarters, but women were worse.
  2. Someone who bootlegs.; One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
  3. Someone who bootlegs.; A miner who mines illegally.

词形变化

bootleggers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
booklegger bootlegger reverse bootleggery buttlegger foodlegger organlegger
相关词
bootlegging moonshiner revenuer

词源

From bootleg + -er. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in the legs of their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
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