Difference between Contraband and Bootleg

What is the difference between Contraband and Bootleg?

Contraband as a noun is any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess while Bootleg as a noun is the part of a boot that is above the instep

Contraband

Part of speech: noun

Definition: any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods an escaped slave during the Civil War who was taken behind Union lines

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: prohibited from being traded

Bootleg

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquorto make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyright productto engage in bootlegging

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The part of a boot that is above the instepAn illegally produced, transported or sold product; contrabandA play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated

Example sentence: No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death.

We hope you now know whether to use Contraband or Bootleg in your sentence.

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