パクる (pakuru)
pa-KOO-ruverbInformal
A Japanese slang term. Browse all Japanese slang.
What it means
To nick — to rip off someone's idea, design or joke and pass it off as your own.
Also plain stealing, and in older criminal slang, being arrested.
Examples with translations
そのアイデア、完全にパクリじゃん。
That idea is a straight lift.
デザインをパクられた。
Someone ripped off my design.
Where it comes from
From the onomatopoeia パクパク, the sound of a mouth opening and shutting — to snap something up. The noun パクリ is what the copy itself is called.
Other forms
- Romanised as:
- pakuru