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パクリ — meaning in English

hakuri

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English meaning

  • copycat noun A person who imitates someone else, often in an unoriginal or shameless way.
  • knockoff noun A cheap imitation of a well-known, usually branded, product.
  • plagiarism noun Taking someone else's work or ideas and presenting them as your own.

Senses

パクリ is used for these senses in English:

  • Boli Synonym of Khabarovsk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
  • plagiarism (uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
  • rip-off A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.

copycat — full definition

  1. noun A person who imitates someone else, often in an unoriginal or shameless way.
  2. noun A criminal who copies a method used in a recent, often high-profile, crime.
  3. adj Imitative; done in direct imitation of something else.

Related Japanese words