counterfeit
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The rise of counterfeit toys has meant that, even if it is sold as a reputable brand, parents should still check the product before giving it a child, added Vicki.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Entertainment groups representing big-ticket artists like BTS are suing the sellers of counterfeit merchandise ranging from an Ozzy Osbourne Christmas elf to $30 Lady Gaga candles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A counterfeit works only until someone examines it, and Judge Williams already has.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
More restrictions are placed on compounding and counterfeit versions of biologics, Skovronsky said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“They paid like three hundred dollars to some scalper for counterfeit tickets!”
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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 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
Tepper will buy Chinese look-alikes too as long as they’re not counterfeits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
And that among the many cheats, counterfeits, deceits and dodges he has to resort to, at times he may be seen:—
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley
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
“Checks are more vulnerable than other payment methods to being compromised, counterfeited or stolen.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
They were thus relatively scarce and could not be counterfeited.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
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
The Bank the move was primarily to stop counterfeiting so all images need to be replaced on banknotes over time.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
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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