From the storyline "The Talented Mr. Ripley". When someone you've been close with becomes obsessed with your talents and personality traits, then all of a sudden pretends you never existed and imitates them as their own.
We were so close and then I never heard from her again. It was like I never existed. Then she had all of these new interests, activities and changes to her personality on her facebook that were identical to mine. She totally "Mr. Ripleyed" me!
Occurs when a business owner makes an inquiry into opening a merchant account for accepting credit cards and before he/she can blink, they have given a complete stranger thier address, social security number, checking account information and have signed a non-cancelable 3 year agreement. The merchant freely provides this information having received nothing more than a vague overview of the service.