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Bootleg, bootlegging or bootlegger(s) may refer to:

Common meanings

• Rum-running, the illegal business of transporting and trading in alcoholic beverages
• Moonshine, illicitly made and/or distributed alcohol
• Counterfeit, a fake or unauthorized replica of a genuine product

Apparel

• Bootleg trousers, a kind of bell-bottomed trousers
• Bootleg, a brand name used by C. & J. Clark for children's shoes and trainers

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

• Bootleg (TV series), a 2002 miniseries for children
• Bootleggers (1969 film), an Italian-Spanish crime-action film
• Bootleggers (1974 film), an American crime film
• Bootleg (1985 film), a 1985 Australian film
• Bootlegger (2021 film), a 2021 Canadian film

Music

• Bootleg recording, an audio or video recording released unofficially
• Bootleg (Downchild Blues Band album), 1971
• Bootleg (Kenshi Yonezu album), 2017
• Bootleg (Larry Norman album), 1972
• Bootleg (Tempest album), 1991
• "Bootleg" (Creedence Clearwater Revival song), 1969
• "Bootleg", another term for a mashup
• Bootleg, a 2004 album by Avenue D
• Bootleg, a 1988 album by Bad News
• Bootleg, a 2007 album by Eric's Trip
• Bootlegs, a 2000 album by Kristy Thirsk
• "Boot-Leg", a song by Booker T & the MG's

Other media

• Bootleg games, a term given to various video games and consoles produced and released outside of traditional means
• Bootleg radio, also known as pirate radio
• Bootleg, a superheroine in the comic book New Men
• The Bootleggers, a 1961 non-fiction book by Kenneth Allsop

Other uses

• Bootlegging (research and development), practicing unauthorized research activities within an organization
• Bootleg Fire, a 2021 Oregon wildfire
• Bootleg mining, a mining practice involving small, illegal mines
• Bootleg play, a tactic in American football
• Bootleg turn, a driving maneuver
• Bootleg ground, a connection in building wiring
• Bootleg, the upper part (or shaft) of a boot

See also

• "Bootleggers and Baptists", an economic theory that ostensibly opposing groups will often support similar legal restrictions on trade
• All pages with titles containing bootleg
• Live Bootleg (disambiguation)