Sentence examples for counterfeit as from inspiring English sources

Without knowing the cross-street, no one would guess that this portentous address was actually as counterfeit as the Cartier watches and Vuitton handbags that Sudanese street peddlers sell to gullible tourists on Seventh Avenue.

And so it was: the show's marine biologists were actors, the footage of an aqua-beast taking down a boat was a sham, and "evidence" that a whale had lost a dust-up with a megalodon and had its tail bitten off was as counterfeit as a Romex watch.

The authors did not conduct forensic analysis of the drugs to determine whether they were substandard or counterfeit, as results of previous attempts to collect valid samples and batch information from companies for comparative examination were only partly successful.

Those signatures sometimes as many as six, hand inscribed on a single bill were another precaution against counterfeiting, as were the words " 'Tis Death to Counterfeit".

The World Trade Organization WTOO) defines product counterfeiting as: "Unauthorized representation of a registered trademark carried on goods identical or similar to goods for which the trademark is registered, with a view to deceiving the purchaser into believing that he/she is buying the original goods" (WTO, 2011).

The ICG report elaborates on Iranian government negligence, noting how "smugglers of counterfeits as well as black market operators have seized the opportunity to maximize their profit".

The punishment of treason, piracy, counterfeiting, as well as crimes committed on the high seas or against the law of nations, followed from relatively explicit constitutional authority.

The designer brand also sued a St . Louisflea market for selling counterfeits, as well as an Austin shoe store for selling two pairs of fake boots.

Such technologies and business models can be scaled up through international cooperation to more effectively battle the global trade in counterfeit medicines, as well as tackle other medication safety issues such as remote support for aging populations.

In the past, such resources were secured through criminal rackets selling weapons, drugs and counterfeit money, as well as by shaking down the outside world using nuclear blackmail.

The organisers, who met in a back room at Porky's, also bought Russian helicopters and smuggled cigarettes, alcohol and counterfeit money, as well as providing prostitutes for Russian mobsters.