noun
imitation goods; fake goods; counterfeit products
Refers to items made to look like genuine products, often with intent to deceive. Can range from cheap knockoffs to high-quality replicas.
市場でブランドの模造品が売られていた。
Brand-name imitations were being sold at the market.
このバッグは本物ではなく模造品だ。
This bag is not genuine; it's a fake.
レプリカ is a loanword for replicas, often implying a legal or high-quality reproduction, whereas 模造品 can carry a negative connotation of being a knockoff.
模造 (imitation, copying) + 品 (goods, article). 模造 is composed of 模 (model, pattern) and 造 (make, build).