Bootlegging vs. Piracy — What's the Difference?

To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally.

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, while the dedicated ships that pirates use are called pirate ships.

To produce, distribute, or sell without permission or illegally

Robbery or other serious acts of violence committed at sea.

To engage in the bootlegging of alcoholic liquor or another product.

The hijacking of an airplane

To attach a transmitter to a dish antenna, creating an uplink via which a signal is sent to a satellite without the knowledge of the satellite's owner.

Copyright or patent infringement

(Football) To fake a hand-off, conceal the ball on the hip, and roll out in order to pass or especially to rush around the end. Used of a quarterback.

The illegal interception or use of radio or television signals.

A product, especially alcoholic liquor, that is illicitly produced, distributed, or sold.

An instance of piracy

The part of a boot above the instep.

(nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.

(Football) A play in which the quarterback bootlegs.

A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.

Produced, sold, or transported illegally

The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.

Present participle of bootleg

The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.

The act of making of transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally;

(ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.

The act of selling illegally or without permission;

The act or crime of a pirate.

Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; - a crime answering to robbery on land.

Robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it

The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own