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counterfeit

[kaun-ter-fit] / ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt /






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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

Doctors are becoming increasingly worried about the side effects they are seeing amongst users of these counterfeit weight-loss drugs.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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

The driver ran a flashlight over the money to be sure it wasn’t counterfeit.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

He early took delight in drawing and modelling from his father’s stock-in-trade, and early endeavoured to understand those counterfeits of classic art by the light of translations from classic literature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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

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

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

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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