Bootlegger rejects intellectual property charge (6)
I believe the answer is:
pirate
'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'
Can you help me to learn more?
(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)" .)