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counterfeit

[kaun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it uncovered a bulk shipment of counterfeit Adidas, Nike and other branded streetwear at a port of entry in early August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Trading-card grading volume is growing year over year, hitting a record high this April, and so is counterfeit activity.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

Yet many repair shops end up with substandard counterfeit parts that risk exploding during a crash or not deploying at all, according to court documents and regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Depop, eBay as well as Vinted have previously said they would suspend or ban users if they were caught selling counterfeit goods.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Polly’s a good boy,” said the bird in its disquieting nasal counterfeit of a human voice.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

As Murano island’s glass factories face exorbitant energy costs, a shrinking pool of skilled apprentices and competition from counterfeits, the Seguso brand remains one of the last practitioners of the art form.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Shortly after, DTN said it believed the inflaters were counterfeits manufactured by another company, and that “the related accidents were not necessarily caused by a defect in the inflater.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

DTN has said it believes the inflaters identified are counterfeits of its own product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The recumbent figures upon the ground were dummies of grass and cloth; the stacked guns were rough wooden counterfeits.

From Caybigan by James Hopper

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

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

“Love” stamp was counterfeited in a size larger than the authentic postage stamp.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

We cannot ignore the possibility that the work may have been done by someone else, or that someone counterfeited the mark into the stone much later.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

The Bank the move was primarily to stop counterfeiting so all images need to be replaced on banknotes over time.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

“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

The figures around me weren't people, but shop dummies, painted to resemble people and propped up in attitudes counterfeiting life.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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