"under-the-counter" meaning in English

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          "text": "The village shop seemed to be a bastion of respectability but those in the know could obtain some very questionable under-the-counter material.",
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          "ref": "1962, United States Congressional Serial Set, United States Government Printing Office",
          "text": "The frequency of under-the-counter selling is most difficult to ascertain.",
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          "text": "1973, Robert Wallace Winslow, Crime in a Free Society: Selections from the President's Commission on Law\nTraffic and distribution of under-the-counter materials appears to be a very minor ... The total market in under-the-counter materials is estimated to be ..."
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          "text": "1988, Gordon Hawkins and Franklin E. Zimring, Pornography in a Free Society,\nof material classified as \"under-the-counter\" was being openly exhibited and openly sold."
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        "Illicit, obtained or sold furtively."
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          "text": "1988, Gordon Hawkins and Franklin E. Zimring, Pornography in a Free Society,\nof material classified as \"under-the-counter\" was being openly exhibited and openly sold."
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