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Copycat crime

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• Copycatting

  [kop-ee-kat] /ˈkɒp iˌkæt/ noun, Also, copy cat 1. a person or thing that copies, imitates, mimics, or follows the lead of another, as a child who says or does exactly the same as another child. adjective 2. imitating or repeating a recent, well-known occurrence: a copycat murder. verb (used with object), copycatted, copycatting. 3. to […]

• Copycutter

  [kop-ee-kuht-er] /ˈkɒp iˌkʌt ər/ noun, Journalism. 1. an employee of a newspaper who separates into takes to facilitate printing.

• Copy-desk

  noun, Journalism. 1. the desk in a newspaper office at which copy is edited and prepared for printing. Compare 1 (def 5). noun 1. (journalism) a desk where copy is edited

• Copyedit

  [kop-ee-ed-it] /ˈkɒp iˌɛd ɪt/ verb (used with object) 1. to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc. 2. to copyread.

• Copy-edit

  [kop-ee-ed-it] /ˈkɒp iˌɛd ɪt/ verb (used with object) 1. to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc. 2. to copyread. verb 1. (journalism) to prepare (copy) for printing by styling, correcting, etc

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