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Bootlegger rejects intellectual property charge (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pirate

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'bootlegger' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'rejects intellectual property charge' is the wordplay.
'rejects' says the letters should be written backwards.
'intellectual property' becomes 'ip' (abbreviation).
'charge' becomes 'rate' (rate is a kind of charge).
'ip' in reverse letter order is 'pi'.
'pi'+'rate'='PIRATE'

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(Other definitions for pirate that I've seen before include "Publish without permission" , "Use (another's work) for profit without permission" , "Illegal" , "Cornishman maybe" , "Rat pie (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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