συμμιμέομαι
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
A join in imitating, Pl.Plt.274d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 983] dep. med., mit od. zugleich nachahmen, τινί, Plat. Polit. 274 d.