bootlegging

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With four simple words, a sport that was born out of bootlegging, good ole boys and fast cars graduated from a regional sideshow to a national spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Mr. Rapp, the prosecutor, said that Mr. Bout’s conviction had been a little like that of Al Capone, the Chicago mobster who was eventually jailed for tax evasion — not murder or bootlegging or racketeering.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

To combat the bootlegging, his team chose to persuade major retailers to buy scrunchies from them rather than seek damages through litigation.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

The deal is complicated by a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization that the Saudis facilitated the bootlegging of sports broadcasts, as well as the kingdom’s human rights record.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2020

“What could be more dangerous than a fake quarantine and a town-sponsored bootlegging operation?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool