紛い

まがい【紛い･擬い】

being an imitation so close to the real thing that it is difficult to tell them apart; an imitation [a sham, a fake] closely resembling the real thing; a thing that borders on 《sth else》.

●…まがいの closely imitative of the real thing; bordering on…; 《文》 spurious; factitious; 〔人造の〕 artificial

・ヤクザまがいの男 a man who is virtually a gangster

・詐欺まがいの訪問販売 door-to-door selling that borders on fraud

・ネズミ講まがいのメール an e-mail offer that borders on being a pyramid scheme

・脅迫まがいの取り立て bill collection bordering on extortion.

●まがいもない, まがいもなく ⇒まぎれもない.

●こんなふうに跡をつけてるとこはストーカーまがいだね. Following her like this surely borders on stalking.

紛いもの ⇒まがいもの.