counterfeit
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Munoz-Oca said that the producer highly monitors the counterfeit market and vowed the thieves wouldn’t get away with the crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
While Poland remains Europe's leading country for counterfeit cigarette production, Belgium has become a key base for traffickers looking to offload their low-cost products in markets such as Britain and France.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 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
“He was caught with counterfeit tickets,” said one of the officers.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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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
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
Such proximity to China has proven favourable for Vietnam's booming counterfeits industry.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Such is his distrust in the justice of his assessors, that he counterfeits poverty, and wishes to appear scarce able to pay any thing, for fear of being obliged to pay too much.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
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
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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
As part of the Department of the Treasury, its purpose was to fight counterfeiting.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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