Copycat

Definitions

1. One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
   derogatory, informal
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 or recently been committed by someone else.

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Examples

“And in it all they are merely copy-cats—servile followers of the aristocratic creed, but without the genuine prestige of the old-time nobilities.”

“I wanted to make⟳ them brilliant. I wanted to make⟳ them interesting. And of course I could not do it by myself. I am nothing but a copycat. I just quoted a lot of things I had heard you say⟳; and I did worse than that, Peter.”

“Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land⟳ in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."”

“a copycat strangler”

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