Thesaurus results for BOOTLEGGER

bootlegger

noun

ˈbüt-ˌle-gər

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as in smuggler

a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics

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Recent Examples of bootlegger The more appropriate way to think of this is when someone makes a bootleg copy of a movie, the original movie is still intact, but the bootlegger has nonetheless committed a crime and stolen something of value. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026 Even the underground tunnels bootleggers used to service the Green Mill during its speakeasy days are still in place. —

Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026 His father was a factory worker and a barber, as well as a bootlegger and loan shark. —

Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 His death reportedly was the result of a dispute with a bootlegger. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bootlegger

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smuggler

Noun

For example, when Rhode Islanders complained about how the British ship Gaspee was attacking their ships without mercy in its hunt for smugglers, the Royal Navy waved away the colonial government.

— Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
To get there, Sodais climbed mountains in the snow, moved from border to border with the help of smugglers, got captured a dozen times and spent time in jail.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026