bootlegger
Meanings
Plural: bootleggers
Noun
- someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
- Someone who bootlegs.
- One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.
- Someone who bootlegs.
- One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
- Someone who bootlegs.
- A miner who mines illegally.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
bootlegger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbootlegger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bootlegger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
bootlegger is a valid Words With Friends word