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Samizdat N./Adj Clandestinely Self Published Literature Usu Avoid Government

Word samizdat
Definition n./adj. Clandestinely self-published literature, usu. to avoid government censorship.
Sentence Though this book, Tombstone, was banned on the mainland, it circulated there in samizdat versions available online and from itinerant booksellers, who hid copies on their pushcarts.
Source The Atlantic, Jan. 2020

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