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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

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 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

They had told her about having ice cream with Kaira DeLeon, but not about the counterfeit tickets.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

The average price of an adult replica Premier League shirt has risen by 50.7% over the past decade, helping fuel demand for counterfeits sold for as little as £12.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

We followed the supply chain behind official shirts after fans told us they were frustrated by rising prices, with many turning to cheaper counterfeits instead.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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 also has strayed into investigative stories such as pharmaceutical counterfeits, sanctions, money laundering and terror finance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Their counterfeits may crumble and tumble, but real truth can never fail.

From Sunshine Jane by Anne Warner

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

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

“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

When you see the counterfeiting in “To Live and Die L.A.,” people were fascinated by that.

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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