anticounterfeiting
Against fake currency
Anticounterfeiting describes measures designed to prevent the creation of fake currency, documents, or products.
Security features like watermarks, holograms, and microprinting are anticounterfeiting technologies: The new bills include advanced anticounterfeiting measures.
The term applies to efforts against any fraudulent reproduction—from money to luxury goods to pharmaceuticals.
3D image from light
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- microprintText needing magnification
- RFIDWireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- tamper-evidentShows if opened
serialization · barcode · digital signature · guilloche · intaglio · nanotechnology · QR code · blockchain
Illicit trading system
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
- luxury goodsCostly non-essential purchases
pharmaceuticals · currency · piracy · knockoff · gray market · online marketplace · product recall · liability
Proving something accurate
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
- authenticatorIdentity verification tool
validation · genuineness · legitimacy · trademark · patent · signature · seal · notarization
Traditional practices or import taxes
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- raidSudden armed incursion
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
surveillance · investigation · border control · Interpol · penalties · litigation · cease and desist · takedown
Resistant to unauthorized modification
- anti-theftDesigned to deter stealing
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- document securitySafeguarding files from unauthorized access
- fraud preventionStopping dishonest financial activity
hologram
3D image from light
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- microprintText needing magnification
- RFIDWireless identification via electromagnetic fields
tamper-evident · serialization · barcode · digital signature · guilloche · intaglio · nanotechnology · QR code · blockchain · chip
black market
Illicit trading system
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
luxury goods · pharmaceuticals · currency · piracy · knockoff · gray market · online marketplace · product recall · liability · revenue loss
verification
Proving something accurate
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
authenticator · validation · genuineness · legitimacy · trademark · patent · signature · seal · notarization · brand protection
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- raidSudden armed incursion
inspection · surveillance · investigation · border control · Interpol · penalties · litigation · cease and desist · takedown · criminal charges
tamper-proof
Resistant to unauthorized modification
- anti-theftDesigned to deter stealing
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- document securitySafeguarding files from unauthorized access
anticounterfeitingcounterfeiting
Making fake money
forgery · document fraud · fakery · money laundering · piracy
anticounterfeitingcounterfeiting
Making fake money
falsification · forgery · faking · fraud · fakery
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