A person who makes, smuggles, and sells illegal objects. Historically the term referred to people who smuggled alcohol concealed in their boots.
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Dictionary.com N.d. bootlegger. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bootlegger, accessed October 17, 2014.
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