counterfeit
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The NHTSA, while acknowledging DTN’s counterfeit argument, banned the sale and import of air-bag inflaters bearing a part number associated with DTN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The only way for drivers to know if the parts—or counterfeit versions of them—are even in their cars is to pay to have a mechanic inspect them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
That counterfeit supply chain has long been a concern for automakers, who employ teams to scour for fake parts out of reputational fear and to protect customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
One major battlefront was Saigon Square, where Thanh Truc works, and neighbouring Ben Thanh Market - sprawling bazaars that are known to be among Vietnam's biggest hubs for counterfeit goods.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The driver ran a flashlight over the money to be sure it wasn’t counterfeit.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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
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
Rolex looked at the multibillion-dollar annual trade in its secondhand watches, which is rife with counterfeits and speculators, and decided it had to intervene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
They also are more flexible about storing goods like counterfeits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
But an abundance of counterfeits does not lower the value of the real metal; and Lorna is a genuine coin struck from the mint of historical romance.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
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
They were thus relatively scarce and could not be counterfeited.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes for many a joke had he.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
In 1888, in an effort to stem counterfeiting of their travel trunks, Louis Vuitton and his son, Georges, introduced the Damier “checkerboard” pattern, in distinctive shades of taupe and chocolate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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
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
Petersen plays Richard Chance, a Secret Service agent assigned to investigate a counterfeiting ring in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 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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