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coun·ter·feit
/ ˈkountərˌfit/
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adj.
made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud:
passing counterfeit $10 bills.
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pretended; sham.
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n.
a fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery.
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v. [tr.]
imitate fraudulently.
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pretend to feel or possess (an emotion or quality).
∎ poetic/lit.
resemble closely:
sleep counterfeited Death so well.
DERIVATIVES:
coun·ter·feit·er
n.
ORIGIN: Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make.’
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Counterfeiting in Scotland -- `Don`t shop cheap - shop the cheats`; Crimestoppers and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group gather with brand owners & enforcement agencies in the fight to combat the pirates.
M2 Presswire; 6/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-10 June 2002-Crimestoppers: Counterfeiting in Scotland -- `Don`t shop cheap...cheats`; Crimestoppers and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group gather with brand owners &...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06112002 Last year, counterfeiting cost the Scottish Economy around GBP1...
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Attitudes towards counterfeiting and counterfeit products: have they changed?
Magazine article from: Journal of International Business and Economics; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...attitudes of 253 college students towards counterfeiting. Attitudes are evaluated and compared...overall measure of attitudes towards counterfeiting today are similar to those measured...Keywords: Counterfeit Products, Counterfeiting, Knock-offs, Attitudes, Buyer...
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Major anti-counterfeiting legislation passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 2/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...civil and criminal laws to help fight counterfeiting. Part of a recent surge in such legislation...proposal that aims to place anti-counterfeiting at the forefront of US domestic and...only enhances existing penalties for counterfeiting offenses, but establishes new executive...
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World anti-counterfeiting day - 27th June 2002.
M2 Presswire; 6/26/2002; 700+ words
; ...06262002 Thursday June 27 2002 is World Anti-Counterfeiting Day. Anti-counterfeiting organisations across the world will be highlighting...estimates of the scale of the problem of counterfeiting and piracy and including cyber crime case...
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Look before you pop that pill: anti-counterfeiting technology forces advance on pharmaceutical battlefield.(RFID/ADC)
Magazine article from: Frontline Solutions; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...steady rise in pharmaceutical counterfeiting cases has drawn the attention...alike. Unfortunately, anti-counterfeiting technologists face the same...perhaps most notorious is the counterfeiting case of the anti-cholesterol...
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Counterfeiting: the 21st century crime: here's what you need to know to avoid complicity--and penalties.(Supply Side ...)
Magazine article from: Fleet Equipment; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...or hear news stories pertaining to counterfeiting issues. Up until recently, it has...bearing down on a stalled school bus? Counterfeiting, along with other intellectual property...is not entirely surprising, since counterfeiting usually surfaces in an emerging economy...
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Forging ahead to stop the fakes.(The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG) has released new findings from the first ever pan-European survey into the economic impact of the counterfeiting of branded products. )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International; 7/25/2000; 700+ words
; The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG) has released new findings...survey into the economic impact of the counterfeiting of branded products. The report shows that brand counterfeiting results in the direct loss of 17,100...
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How to Fight against Fake Pharmaceuticals: Learn about New Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies.
Business Wire; 2/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...available in its catalogue. Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies - Combating Fake Pharmaceuticals...com/p074962/2008/02/ Anti-Counterfeiting-Strategies- Combating-Fake...chain securityAssessment of key anti-counterfeiting technologies employed by pharmaceutical...
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Research and Markets: Introduces Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting in the EU: Where Are We Now?
Business Wire; 1/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...the addition of Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting in the EU: Where Are We Now...their offering. Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is widely accepted to be a serious...to determine what constitutes counterfeiting. So, as well as discussing...
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GEORGE W. BUSH DELIVERS REMARKS AT SIGNING OF H.R. 32, THE STOP COUNTERFEITING IN MANUFACTURED GOODS ACT
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire; 3/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...AT SIGNING OF H.R. 32, THE STOP COUNTERFEITING IN MANUFACTURED GOODS ACT, AS RELEASED...families and consumers safe. The Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act has earned...to make sure that the problem of counterfeiting, which has been growing rapidly...
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Counterfeiting
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
COUNTERFEITING The process of fraudulently manufacturing...value than the genuine product. Counterfeiting is a criminal offense when it involves...if the intent to defraud exists. Counterfeiting most commonly applies to currency...
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counterfeiting
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
counterfeiting manufacturing spurious coins, paper...early English statute (1350), counterfeiting the king's seal or his gold and...the common-law misdemeanors of counterfeiting copper coinage and passing counterfeit...
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Counterfeit Currency, Technology and the Manufacture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...difficult to duplicate. Two Waves of Counterfeiting For virtually as long as there has...has seen two significant waves of counterfeiting. First, there was a surge in the...currency. By the 1990s, however, counterfeiting by means of the printing press had...
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Counterfeit Currency, Technology and the Manufacture Of
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...has seen two significant waves of counterfeiting. First, there was a surge in the...currency. By the 1990s, however, counterfeiting by means of the printing press had...new counterfeiters lacked skills for counterfeiting. Whereas the old model at least required...
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Secret Service
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...government agency charged with preventing counterfeiting and protecting the president of the...appointed a commission to combat the counterfeiting of U.S. currency and coins, which...successfully addressed the issue of counterfeiting. Its role changed after the 1901...
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