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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A product or service that is overpriced or of poor quality.
  • noun Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.
  • noun A theft.
  • noun An act of exploitation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun countable A bad deal; an unfair price or rate.
  • noun A theft or robbery.
  • noun A scam.
  • noun A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of stealing

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