bootlegger
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbuːt.leɡ.ər/ us/ˈbuːt.leɡ.ɚ/
走私贩;非法贩卖者;酿私酒者
someone who makes, copies, or sells something illegally
His father was a bootlegger who bought liquor cheap in Nebraska and sold it at twice the price to Indians in South Dakota. 他的父亲是一名私酒贩子,在内布拉斯加州廉价购买酒类,然后以两倍的价格卖给南达科他州的印第安人。
The band has spoken out against merchandise bootleggers currently operating outside their gigs. 乐队公开反对目前在他们演出场地外面做生意的的商品走私者。
See: bootleg
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- Within months, bootleggers were selling copies of the in-progress album.
- Bootleggers took advantage of the ease of passage to move liquor from Canada into the U. S. during the Prohibition.
- Egmont Key became a hideout for bootleggers and smugglers.