bootlegger
/ˈbuːtleɡə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈutlˌɛɡɚ] /ˈbuːtleɡər/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈutlˌɛɡɚ] /ˈbüt-ˌle-gər How to pronounce bootlegger (audio) -ˌlā-/ (ame, mw)
bootlegger — 名詞
1. a person who deals in goods without legal permission, especially homemade alcoho
非法販子
非法製售私酒或盜版商品的人
a person who deals in goods without legal permission, especially homemade alcohol or unauthorized copies of recordings
Federal agents arrested Rohan after he sold whiskey from a locked shed.
Rohan 在上鎖的小棚屋裡偷賣威士忌後，就被聯邦探員逮捕了。
arrest a bootlegger selling illegal liquor
At the market, Linh warned tourists not to buy DVDs from the bootlegger.
在市場裡，Linh 提醒遊客別向那個盜版商買 DVD。
buy from a bootlegger
The nightclub owner paid a bootlegger for copies of last week's concert.
那家夜店老闆花錢向盜版商買上週演唱會的拷貝。
During Prohibition, bootleggers moved bottles across the river at night.
禁酒令時期，這些非法販子會在夜裡把酒瓶運過河。
Customs officers found hidden liquor bottles under the bootlegger's van seat.
海關人員在那名私酒販子的廂型車座位下，找到藏起來的酒瓶。
- smuggler
focuses more on moving illegal goods across borders or checkpoints
- pirate
more often refers to unauthorized films, music, software, or books
- moonshiner
is narrower and usually means a person making illegal spirits
- dealer
is broader and can be legal or illegal depending on context
文法句型
arrest a bootlegger
buy from a bootlegger
a bootlegger selling whiskey
用法筆記
Often refers to illegal alcohol in crime or historical contexts, especially around Prohibition. For copied music or films, it overlaps with pirate, but bootlegger more strongly suggests the person is producing or selling the unauthorized copies.