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counterfeit

[kaun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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US prosecutors alleged that he sold counterfeit US postage at a fixed rate regardless of a package's weight, size or destination.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Munoz-Oca said that the producer highly monitors the counterfeit market and vowed the thieves wouldn’t get away with the crime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

While Poland remains Europe's leading country for counterfeit cigarette production, Belgium has become a key base for traffickers looking to offload their low-cost products in markets such as Britain and France.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The department had initially intercepted and inspected the shipment at the port based on a tip received by its counterfeit and piracy enforcement team, the department said in the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

They made crisp, mesmerized treks from base to base where the men perfected the martial arts and where families settled into counterfeit security for a year or two.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The experts reassured me that preinstalled malware is rare, but there are other, more common dangers: activation-locked devices, shoddy replacement parts, outdated models—or even counterfeits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Such proximity to China has proven favourable for Vietnam's booming counterfeits industry.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The judge accepted that Crowley had inherited the statues from his grandfather and did not at any point believe that they were counterfeits.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

While genuine and safe bargains are available, experts have warned about counterfeits endangering children and the health of others.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

I was one of that deathly row of counterfeits which hung against the damp wall of the cave.

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield

The Chinese company, DTN Airbag, has said it doesn’t do business with customers in the U.S. and that it believes the company’s parts have been counterfeited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The victim’s sister remembers how skillfully Martinez counterfeited compassion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

Nine Italian nationals have been arrested and charged with trading in counterfeited goods.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

But Leas sees these documents as mostly marketing, and these reports can be counterfeited.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024

Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

“It looks like the company’s seemingly blatant attempts at counterfeiting patented weight-loss drugs via compounding finally went too far,” said On the Street Substack author Herb Greenberg.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

The tech also assigns a counterfeiting risk score based on the company’s years of collecting information on real and fake items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Both men were charged with "counterfeiting medicines or medical products", and the 26-year-old also faces money-laundering charges.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

When you see the counterfeiting in “To Live and Die L.A.,” people were fascinated by that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

As part of the Department of the Treasury, its purpose was to fight counterfeiting.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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