copycat

Plural: copycats

Noun

• someone who copies the words or behavior of another
• One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
• 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.

Adj

• Imitative; unoriginal.

Verb

Verb Forms: copycatted, copycatting, copycats

• To imitate or mimic another's actions or style.
• To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.

Examples

• a copycat strangler
• copycat crime
• He was careful not to COPYCAT his opponent’s moves too obviously in Scrabble.

Synonyms

ape, aper, emulator, imitator

Anagrams of copycat