bootleg
Smuggled or counterfeit
Bootleg refers to goods that are made, distributed, or sold illegally—typically alcohol during Prohibition, but now more commonly recordings, software, or other media produced without authorization.
As a verb, to bootleg is to make or traffic in such goods: He bootlegged concert recordings in the '90s.
The adjective describes anything unauthorized or illicit: bootleg whiskey, bootleg copies of the album.
In American football, a bootleg is a deceptive play where the quarterback fakes a handoff and runs with the ball hidden against his leg.
Illicit liquor establishment
- rumrunnerProhibition alcohol smuggler
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
Al Capone · Gatsby · flappers · scofflaw · whiskey · rum-running · dry county · temperance
Prohibited trade goods
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- runnerOne who sprints
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- black-marketIllicit trading network
cross-border · stash · concealment · underground · illicit · coyote · smuggler · hidden compartment
Unauthorized replica product
- fakeNot the real thing
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- imitationCopy of the original
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
forgery · phony · sham · bogus · ersatz · copycat · counterfeit goods · pirated
Violent rushing flow
- warezIllegally distributed programs
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- keygenLicense code generator
- ripTear apart forcibly
peer-to-peer · P2P · camcording · pirate copy · seeders · leechers · DMCA · upload
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- rumrunnerProhibition alcohol smuggler
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
Al Capone · roaring twenties · Gatsby · flappers · scofflaw · whiskey · rum-running · dry county · temperance · teetotaler
contraband
Prohibited trade goods
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- runnerOne who sprints
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
black-market · cross-border · stash · concealment · underground · illicit · coyote · smuggler · hidden compartment · customs
knockoff
Unauthorized replica product
unauthorized · forgery · phony · sham · bogus · ersatz · copycat · counterfeit goods · pirated · unlicensed
torrent
Violent rushing flow
rip · peer-to-peer · P2P · camcording · pirate copy · seeders · leechers · DMCA · upload · download
unreleased
Not yet distributed
- live recordingAudio from real event
- outtakesUnused recorded material
- demosPromotional trial versions
rarities · vinyl · collector · mixtape · sessions · acoustic · fanclub · import · limited edition · soundboard
- recordingsaudio recording, albums, studio albums, video recording, live albums
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- crimerobbery, accomplice, alibi, burglary, conspiracy
- show businessactors, actresses, directors, producers, entertainers
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- fakefake, phony, bogus, sham, counterfeit
bootleglegal
Permitted by statute
authorized · licensed · legitimate · licit · lawful
bootleggenuine
Truly what it claims
official · authentic · original · legitimate · real
bootlegretail
Sales to end users
mainstream · store-bought · official · commercial · over-the-counter
- bootleg liquorIllegally produced alcohol
- bootleg copiesIllegally reproduced recordings
- bootleg albumUnauthorized music release
- bootleg whiskeyIllegally produced hard alcohol
- bootleg tapeIllegally copied audio cassette
- bootleg DVDsIllicit movie copies