N. imitation, copying, transcription, repetition, duplication, reduplication, quotation, reproduction, mimeograph, xerox, facsimile, reprint, offprint, mockery, mimicry, simulation, impersonation, personation, representation, semblance, copy, assimilation, paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature, plagiarism, forgery, counterfeit, celluloid, imitator, echo, cuckoo|, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime, copyist, copycat, plagiarist, pirate

V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate

Adj. imitated, mock, mimic, modelled after, molded on, paraphrastic, literal, imitative, secondhand, imitable, aping, apish, mimicking

Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot, exactly, precisely

Phr. like master like man, "like - but oh! how different!", "genius borrows nobly", "pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks", "quotation confesses inferiority", "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist, spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder, harpy, shark*, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, bedouin|, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit, pirate, corsair, viking, paul jones|, buccaneer, buccanier|, piqueerer|, pickeerer|, rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster, rapparee, wrecker, picaroon, smuggler, poacher, abductor, badger*, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up*, jackleg*, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin*, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man, highwayman, dick turpin, claude duval, macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar, cut purse, pick purse, pickpocket, light-fingered gentry, sharper, card sharper, skittle sharper, thimblerigger, rook*, greek, blackleg, leg, welsher*, defaulter, autolycus, jeremy diddler, robert macaire, artful dodger, trickster, swell mob*, chevalier d'industrie, shoplifter, swindler, peculator, forger, coiner, fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer, smasher, burglar, housebreaker, cracksman, magsman*, bill sikes, jack sheppard, jonathan wild, gang, gang of thieves, theft ring, organized crime, mafia, the sicilian mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra, dillinger, al capone, robin hood