bootleg
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Retatrutide is so effective that a gray market for bootleg versions of the drug, which hasn’t been approved for sale, has been thriving for more than two years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Even Cook bought bootleg copies of the song, some of which had been taped off his live sets on BBC Radio 1 and pressed to vinyl.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Various deluxe editions also come with bootleg recordings from a 1975 concert, concert films on Blu-ray, a hardcover book with never-seen photographs, a comic-book tour poster and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
In between the tribute bands and memorabilia vendors, one of the big attractions was screenings of various rare or bootleg film footage, screened in cavernous hotel ballrooms.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
Bolo was friends with this white kid and fellow pirate named Daniel, who traded in bootleg CDs.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
