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counterfeit

[kaun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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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

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

“Willem, if people need ration cards and there aren’t any counterfeit ones, what do they do?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

But glassmakers on the island face exorbitant energy costs, a shrinking pool of apprentices and competition from counterfeits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

DTN has said it believes the inflaters identified are counterfeits of its own product.

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

Many of these shops are "mints," and some of them produce counterfeits.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann

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 victim’s sister remembers how skillfully Martinez counterfeited compassion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

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

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

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

As part of the Department of the Treasury, its purpose was to fight counterfeiting.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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