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illegal, but with better marketing than the original.
means an unauthorized copy or illicit version of something, made or sold outside the law.
from from smugglers hiding illegal liquor flasks inside their boots during prohibition-era america, when the law wore blinders and thirst wore boots.
prohibition rootsterm predates whiskey smuggling by decades, actually
music cultureconcert bootlegs became prized collector currency, not shame
fashion flipbootleg streetwear now sometimes outsells the original brand