BOOTLEG Synonyms

• distributed or sold illicitly

• not genuine; imitating something superior

• a copy that is represented as the original

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

• prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules

• contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• an unauthorized copy or imitation

• not endowed with authority

• without official authorization

• contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• not morally right or permissible

• having no legally established claim

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• lacking official approval

• (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association

• not registered

• (a boat or vessel) not furnished with official documents

• a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

• a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing

• matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

• material suitable for a journalistic account

• copy down as is

• reproduce someone's behavior or looks

• reproduce or make an exact copy of

• make a replica of

• go against, as of rules and laws

• advance beyond the usual limit

• someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

• someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

• a ship that is manned by pirates

• copy illegally; of published material

• take arbitrarily or by force

• being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

• of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

• British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

• popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

• total absence of light

• (board games) the darker pieces

• a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

• black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

• marked by anger or resentment or hostility

• offering little or no hope

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• extremely dark

• harshly ironic or sinister

• (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

• distributed or sold illicitly

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• (of coffee) without cream or sugar

• soiled with dirt or soot

• make or become black

• goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law

• distributed or sold illicitly

• the light of the Moon

• whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

• distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

• whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash