copycatting

/K AA1 P IY0 K AE0 T IH0 NG/
noun
  1. 1

    (informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.

  2. 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.

adjective
  1. 1

    Imitative; unoriginal.

verb
  1. 1

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