パクリ屋や

noun

con artist; confidence trickster; credit fraudster

Slang term for a person or company that engages in fraud, especially credit fraud or swindling. The word パクリ comes from the mimetic ぱくる (to snatch, to steal, to rip off), and 屋 is a suffix for a person or shop. Often used in news or informal contexts.

• あの会かい社しゃはパクリ屋やだという噂うわさがある。

  There's a rumor that that company is a fraud outfit.

• パクリ屋やに引ひっかからないように気きをつけて。

  Be careful not to get taken in by a con artist.