bootlegging

Definitions of bootlegging
  1. noun
    the act of selling illegally or without permission
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    type of:
    marketing, merchandising, selling
    the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
  2. noun
    the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally
    “the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable”
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    type of:
    marketing, merchandising, selling
    the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
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