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counterfeit

[kaun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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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

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

Decisions, including whether an item is potentially counterfeit, are made by trained specialists based on objective criteria and specific brand or product characteristics, such as stitching, logos and materials used in the design.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Imponderables are ponderable, but answerable, no. Ask a philosopher, but be cautious. If you hear, ‘Eureka!,’ if you think, ‘His answer has captured my question!,’ then here is proof he is a counterfeit.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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 experts reassured me that preinstalled malware is rare, but there are other, more common dangers: activation-locked devices, shoddy replacement parts, outdated models—or even counterfeits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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

While genuine and safe bargains are available, experts have warned about counterfeits endangering children and the health of others.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

And when I saw those evil eyes turning everywhere after a man, I remembered my own ancestors, whose counterfeits hung at home in the drawing-room; they were equally stern and iron-like.

From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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

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

“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

Petersen plays Richard Chance, a Secret Service agent assigned to investigate a counterfeiting ring in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

But that rarely happened; the fine for counterfeiting would be enormous: two and a half times the full market value of the genuine animal.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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