copycat

How To Use copycat In A Sentence

• The gimmick is that copycat killings allow the series to combine the past and the present. Times, Sunday Times
• She is just a copycat who follows her sister's lead in everything.
• A woman then attempted a copycat suicide yesterday morning. The Sun
• In cases of apparent copycat crime, victims' families sometimes have sued movie or record companies on the theory that they are responsible for the crimes their products inspired.
• The copycat effect on other new mothers is worth hundreds of millions. The Sun
• They're not copycats, though; understand what I'm saying here.
• Rep. Mike Ross, who flip-flopped on the public option and has authored an amendment that seems like a copycat of Max Baucus's no-good, terribly bad bill, has been in secretive talks with a Republican, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), for weeks. Archive 2009-09-01
• I wouldn't worry too much about copycat behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
• The length of the sentence was intended as a deterrent against copycat attacks. Times, Sunday Times
• Copycat journalists amplified this dubious academic research by claiming that teenage murderers were duplicating their favourite violent scenes.