copycats
copycats is the plural of copycat.
copycats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of copycat.
Meaning of copycat
Noun
copycat (plural copycats)
- One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.
- 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.1899 July, Robert Grant, “Letter to a young man wishing to be an American”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 26
- A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has recently been committed by someone else.
- a copycat strangler
Questions about copycats
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- Copycats is the plural of copycat.
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