bootlegged

Example Sentences

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My TV habit included rental-store tapes of bootlegged movies and shows dubbed from American TV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

This is like as close to getting bootlegged as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Atlanta’s young quarterback, Desmond Ridder, bootlegged for a 6-yard touchdown on fourth-and-4 with just under 12 minutes remaining.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2023

He was unaware of his popularity abroad, which partly stemmed from bootlegged copies of his album Cold Fact circulating in South Africa, where it been adopted as an unofficial soundtrack to youth protests against apartheid.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

There is an ancient-looking air conditioner hanging on to the ledge of the bootlegged window, and the glass above the machine has been covered with a piece of decorative cloth.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan