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This is not new: authorities in Vietnam perennially and publicly bust bootleg vendors to show that they are doing something about the country's ubiquitous shadow economies.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

Look for X’s John Doe as a purveyor of bootleg caviar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

It's kind of bootleg fancy, like a knockoff Louis Vuitton bag.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Stream much of Season 1 to 5 free on Pluto; bootlegs of individual episodes are easy to find online.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

By 2005, people were eagerly swapping bootlegs, demos and gossip on dedicated message boards.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2022

There’ll be a steady use of play actions and bootlegs.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

Jackson, who originally saw the movie years removed from that 1970 context, and who as a teen listened to bootlegs like “Hahst Az Sön” that revealed the pleasure the Beatles took in jamming together, agrees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2021

They wore broad Panama hats, flannel shirts, with no coats or vests, and strong duck trousers thrust into their bootlegs.

From The Land of Mystery by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

My TV habit included rental-store tapes of bootlegged movies and shows dubbed from American TV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Hildebrandt said that a decade ago, dental students in her classes “were basically giving each other thumb drives with bootlegged copies of the head and neck.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024

Indians are more likely to find bootlegged versions than to find them streaming on commercial platforms.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Atlanta’s young quarterback, Desmond Ridder, bootlegged for a 6-yard touchdown on fourth-and-4 with just under 12 minutes remaining.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

I wish I could stop one of them and give them sage advice about the future and bootlegged exams.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Ryan Coogler’s bootlegging, Southern vampire blockbuster is smart, ambitious, original and masterfully executed — a classic best picture contender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

“We’re in an impossible situation that’s reminiscent of the Prohibition era, where the federal government prohibited alcoholic beverages, bootlegging was rampant, and that’s exactly what’s happening in the District today,” Mendelson said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022

Elsewhere, Rosalía raps, “I think I’m Dapper Dan,” high fashion’s onetime bootlegging remixer.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

Tribes across Alaska have courts that decide child protection, adoption cases, bootlegging and other cases, but their power over non-members is limited.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

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

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool