copycat

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Noun

copycat (plural copycats)

1. (informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else.

   a copycat strangler

Translations

• French: copycat, imitateur, copieur, faussaire
• German: Nachahmer, Nachäffer, Nachmacher, Imitator
• Portuguese: copião, imitador, imitadora
• Russian: имита́тор
• Spanish: copión, copiona

Adjective

copycat

1. imitative#English|Imitative; unoriginal.

Verb

copycat (copycats, present participle copycatting; past and past participle copycatted)

1. To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way

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