| But knowingly buying a cut-price designer knock-off can make people feel clever. |
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| However, used more broadly, counterfeit applies to any imitation or knock-off that someone attempts to pass off as the original. |
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| We heard evidence in the industry committee that we are getting knock-off parts that are being used in the aeronautics industry. |
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| It may seem harmless to buy a knock-off of an expensive luxury item, but there can be serious consequences. |
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| Most of the media hype surrounding counterfeiting operations is due to knock-off batches of well-known wines being sold at auction. |
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| Disparagers of the band often label them as a knock-off, but that statement could not be further from the truth. |
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| Throwing the disc into my player I didn't quite know what to expect, perhaps a watered-down Herbie Goes Bananas knock-off, only animated. |
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| A veritable forest of knock-off Awards have sprung up around and about I see. |
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| Unfortunately, this is only a shadow of the original, and fairly or not comes off as a cheap knock-off of a classic film. |
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| The latest imbroglio is just more more good reason this pathetic loser, this pale pint-size knock-off of a genuine leader, has to be removed from the leadership. |
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| It comes across as a glossy knock-off of a B-movie revenge flick. |
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| The salesman, who just sold me a knock-off Celine bag, said something I couldn't understand into a walky-talky hanging from the wall. |
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| Shopkeepers kept selling their knock-off lifejackets. |
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| Cowrie-shell necklaces, knock-off watches, and chrome-studded belts. |
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| And it's far from a knock-off of the film. |
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| The police went on to say in their press release that the distribution of these knock-off DVDs and albums was nearly all controlled by organised crime. |
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| Many consumers see knock-off goods as a harmless way of saving money with little concern for the health and safety implications of their purchases. |
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| Chinese youth are showing more interest in MTV than in Mao, wearing knock-off brand-name t-shirts bearing the rhetoric of the Cultural Revolution, which has been reduced to English marketing slogans. |
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| Lots of profits and competitiveness are lost due to the infringement of copyrights, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights by overseas companies and import of knock-off products. |
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| We have received reports about consumer frustration and dissatisfaction with their purchases of knock-off products such as the King Snake. |
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| I was writing Lorrie Moore knock-off short stories before I switched to nonfiction. |
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| There are reputable sources for remote control helicopters and hopefully the trade will realize that dealing with these secondary knock-off products is a very poor choice. |
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| Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but Chinese actresses are being left red-faced after being exposed wearing cheap knock-off versions of haute couture creations. |
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| The defendants are now prohibited from engaging in any commercial activities related to these knock-off clubs, and the lawsuit will proceed as to damages. |
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| Fashion's knock-off king Allen Schwartz isn't easily excited. |
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