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counterfeit

[koun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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Counterfeit and contaminated products could be crushed by a forklift or incinerated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Counterfeit football kits are not a new issue, but some experts have raised concerns that the sub-standard materials used in their manufacture could even be harmful.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Counterfeit coins remain a threat to global currencies, with malicious actors flooding markets with fakes.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

In its statement, Roche said: "Avastin is not approved for any use in the eye. Counterfeit medicines pose a health risk to patients because their content may be ineffective and contain harmful ingredients."

From Reuters • Sep. 25, 2023

Yet even as the themes of Counterfeit Paradise spread to the worlds of natural science and political activism, Meggers’s ideas exerted ever- diminishing influence in archaeology itself.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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