Counterfeit
To counterfeit means
to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace
the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive
individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value than the
real thing. Counterfeit products are fakes or unauthorized
replicas of the real product. Counterfeit products are often produced with the
intent to take advantage of the superior value of the imitated product. The
word counterfeit frequently describes both the forgeries
of currency and documents, as well as the imitations of items
such as clothing, handbags, shoes, pharmaceuticals,
aviation and automobile parts, watches, electronics (both parts
and finished products), software, works of art, toys, and movies.
Counterfeit products tend to have fake company logos and brands (resulting
in patent or trademark infringement in the case of goods),
have a reputation for being lower quality (sometimes not working at all) and
may even include toxic elements such as lead. This has resulted in the deaths
of hundreds of thousands of people, due to automobile and aviation accidents,
poisoning, or ceasing to take essential compounds (e.g., in the case a person
takes non-working medicine).
The counterfeiting of
money is usually attacked aggressively by governments worldwide. Paper
money is the most popular product counterfeited.
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