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counterfeit

[kaun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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An investigation found that more than 5,200 individuals purchased more than 5.1 million counterfeit shipping labels, the office said in a press release.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 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

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

EBay is banning the sale of air bags and air-bag parts on its website, beginning next month, following multiple reports of fatalities involving components believed to be counterfeit and installed in used cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

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

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

He early took delight in drawing and modelling from his father’s stock-in-trade, and early endeavoured to understand those counterfeits of classic art by the light of translations from classic literature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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 48-year-old author even took to Instagram this week to warn her fans that counterfeited copies, external of The Polygamist were being sold in a bookshop in Nairobi.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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 Constitution contemplates Congress having limited law-enforcement powers and even specifies crimes it can punish: treason, counterfeiting, “offences against the law of nations” and “piracies and felonies on the high seas.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

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

Secret Service, which was already responsible for defending the government against fraud and counterfeiting.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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