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A security guard told a reporter that he believed the sellers were peddling counterfeits, but police at a nearby station weren’t able to confirm that.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2020

Take what happened a decade ago when mortgage brokers were peddling dangerous loans during the subprime mortgage crisis.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2019

“It shows you the reckless disregard that they had for the people they were peddling the poison to,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2015

In the walking areas between musical stages, a bigger batch of commercial booths were peddling such items as sheet sets and insurance plans.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2012

So it wasn’t really insurance they were peddling.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt