A bootleg is the upper part (or shaft) of a

boot A boot is a type of footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf. Some boots extend up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel that is clearl ...

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

Common meanings

Rum-running Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. The term ''rum-running'' is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; ''bootlegging'' is applied to smugg ...

, the illegal business of transporting and trading in alcoholic beverages *

Moonshine Moonshine is alcohol proof, high-proof liquor, traditionally made or distributed alcohol law, illegally. The name was derived from a tradition of distilling the alcohol (drug), alcohol at night to avoid detection. In the first decades of the ...

, illicitly made and/or distributed alcohol *

Bootleg recording A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. Making and distributing such recordings is known as ''bootlegging''. Recordings may be copied and traded ...

, an audio or video recording released unofficially * Bootleg games, a term given to various video games and consoles produced and released outside of traditional means

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

* " Boot-Leg", a song by Booker T & the MG's * ''Bootleg'' (Bad News album), released 1988 * ''Bootleg'' (Downchild Blues Band album), released 1971 * ''Bootleg'' (Larry Norman album), released 1972 * ''Bootleg'' (Tempest album), released 1991 * ''Bootleg'' (Kenshi Yonezu album), released 2017 * ''Bootlegs'' (Kristy Thirsk album), released 2000 * ''Bootleg'', a 2004 album by Avenue D * ''Bootleg'', a 2007 album by

Eric's Trip Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s. The band had a minor hit in alternati ...

* "Bootleg", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from '' Bayou Country'' * "Bootleg", another term for a

mashup Mashup may refer to: * Mashup (culture), the rearrangement of spliced parts of musical pieces as part of a subculture * Mashup (education), combining various forms of data and media by a teacher or student in an instructional setting * Mashup (mus ...

Other media

* Bootleg (character), fictional superheroine in the comic book ''New Men'' *

Bootleg radio Pirate radio is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license, whether an invalid license or no license at all. In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are rece ...

, also known as pirate radio * ''The Bootleggers'', a 1961 non-fiction book by

Kenneth Allsop Kenneth Allsop (29 January 1920 – 23 May 1973) was a British broadcaster, author and naturalist. Early life Allsop was born on 29 January 1920 in Holbeck, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was married in St Peter's Church, Ealing, in ...

Other uses

Bootlegging (business) Bootlegging in corporate research and development is defined as "a non-formalised and non-declared (secret) bottom-up innovation process for the benefit of the bootlegger's firm." In corporate bootlegging, an employee works on a project or project ...

, practicing unauthorized research activities within an organization *

Bootleg Fire The Bootleg Fire, named after the nearby Bootleg Spring, was a large wildfire that started near Beatty, Oregon, Beatty, Oregon, on July 6, 2021. Before being fully contained on August 15, 2021, it had burned . It is the third-largest fire in the ...

, a 2021 Oregon wildfire *

Bootleg mining Bootleg mining or shoemaker mining is a form of illegal coal mining. The term originated around the 1920s, though the practice probably predates that. Generally, a bootleg mine (sometimes called a bootleg pit) is a small mine dug by a handful o ...

, a mining practice involving small, illegal mines *

Bootleg play In American football, a bootleg play is a play in which the quarterback runs with the ball in the direction of either sideline behind the line of scrimmage. This can be accompanied by a play action, or fake hand off of the ball to a running ba ...

, a tactic in American football *

Bootleg turn A bootleg turn is a driving maneuver intended to reverse the direction of travel of a forward-moving automobile by 180 degrees in a minimum amount of time while staying within the width of a two-lane road. This maneuver is also known ...

, a driving maneuver *

Bootleg ground In building wiring installed with separate neutral and protective ground bonding conductors (a TN-S or TN-C-S network), a bootleg ground (or a false ground) is a connection between the neutral side of a receptacle or light fixture and the groun ...