How do you use Counterfeit in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like false or fake, plus the exact meaning.
Counterfeit in a sentence
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Counterfeit meaning
- False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- Inauthentic.
- Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
Synonyms of Counterfeit
Using Counterfeit
- The main meaning on this page is: False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. | Inauthentic. | Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
- Useful related words include: false, fake, unreal, bogus.
- In the example corpus, counterfeit often appears in combinations such as: of counterfeit, counterfeit goods, the counterfeit.
Context around Counterfeit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Counterfeit
- In this selection, "counterfeit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, trading, suppress, currency, items and goods stand out and add context to how "counterfeit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2019 for counterfeit money crimes and and one counterfeit 100 note. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "counterfeit" sits close to words such as accreditation, ak and aldi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with counterfeit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
CounterCloud even featured counterfeit comments below certain articles. (8 words)
Even after his team was fined $250,000 recently for creating a counterfeit part. (14 words)
Kenya set up the Anti-Counterfeit Agency after amending the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008. (15 words)
The order prohibits the counterfeiting of national and foreign currencies or the possession or transfer of any counterfeit currency or any counterfeit currency or incitement by any means to forge the national currency or not to deposit it with banks. (40 words)
Early years With a reported one third of the currency in circulation being counterfeit at the time, citation the Secret Service was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency. (35 words)
He said claims that the migrants were trading counterfeit goods needed to be verified and said law enforcement needed to establish how the goods entered the country if they were found to be counterfeit. (34 words)
Does anyone remember the counterfeit "Calvin" stickers that portrayed the comic strip character urinating on another vehicles symbol? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kenya set up the Anti-Counterfeit Agency after amending the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008.
Most recently, he led Operation Vulcan, an initiative that tackled North Manchester’s ‘counterfeit street’ and saw the seizure of nearly 1,050 tonnes of counterfeit items and the closure of 216 shops.
He said claims that the migrants were trading counterfeit goods needed to be verified and said law enforcement needed to establish how the goods entered the country if they were found to be counterfeit.
The growing pharmaceutical & healthcare industry and an increasing number of counterfeit products in the market are the major drivers of the anti-counterfeit packaging market.
The order prohibits the counterfeiting of national and foreign currencies or the possession or transfer of any counterfeit currency or any counterfeit currency or incitement by any means to forge the national currency or not to deposit it with banks.
He said the national crusade against the proliferation and use of counterfeit electrical products also aim at discouraging the patronage of counterfeit products and to direct taste towards genuine electrical products.
He was also in possession of one counterfeit €50 note and one counterfeit €100 note.
Early years With a reported one third of the currency in circulation being counterfeit at the time, citation the Secret Service was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency.
The number of counterfeit €2 coins being found annually is decreasing, while numbers of counterfeit €1 and 50-cent coins are increasing.
A customer paid with them but at first, I was skeptic about accepting them as I can't say for sure that I can recognise the genuity or counterfeit.
A driver was arrested by traffic police in Staffordshire after attempting to use a counterfeit insurance document.
A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce giant's online platforms were used to sell counterfeit Squishmallow.
And the counterfeit batteries can have those logos, and the brand logos, printed on them.
As opposed to fake or counterfeit items, dupes do not replicate trademarked names, logos or details, meaning they are legal and not breaching copyright or intellectual property laws.
Councillor Harry Doyle, Cabinet Member for Public Health, said: "The closure of these stores sends out a strong message to shops supplying illegal vapes and counterfeit goods.
CounterCloud even featured counterfeit comments below certain articles.
Does anyone remember the counterfeit "Calvin" stickers that portrayed the comic strip character urinating on another vehicles symbol?
Even after his team was fined $250,000 recently for creating a counterfeit part.
Government agencies have been slow to address these threats, but are ramping up efforts to prevent more counterfeit pills from reaching students.
He was previously jailed in 2019 for counterfeit money crimes and he faces the death penalty on the current charges.
Common combinations with counterfeit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of counterfeit 31×
- counterfeit goods 19×
- the counterfeit 19×
- counterfeit products 17×
- and counterfeit 14×
- counterfeit currency 12×
- counterfeit pills 10×
- counterfeit money 9×
- in counterfeit 7×
- with counterfeit 7×