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counterfeiting  

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  • Counterfeiting involves the manufacture and distribution of facsimiles or replicas of an original product. The process is undertaken by those intending to sell the replicas, which are fairly inexpensive to produce, to the public, which believes that the replicated product has superior value. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Counterfeiting]

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