counterfeit
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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
Enright says counterfeit devices are a bigger problem outside of the U.S., and that the scheme is typically to make a quick buck off the initial sale, not to hack the buyer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
“He was caught with counterfeit tickets,” said one of the officers.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
Risks of buying secondhand devices include outdated software, nongenuine replacement parts, activation locks, counterfeits and malware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The supply chain for most of Vietnam's counterfeits can be traced back across its northern border into China, where they are manufactured.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
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
It signified little, that both the order and its signature were counterfeits.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
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
The victim’s sister remembers how skillfully Martinez counterfeited compassion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
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
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 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
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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