Here is a piece of dialogue from the lore of a video game:

> そういや、オラクルじゃないが……昔そこそこ強かったウォーロックの連中は似たような真似してたかもな

The speaker here was just informed about the combat techniques unique to
"oracles" (オラクル), in the story ウォーロック need decades of training to achieve the
status of オラクル.

But I'm confused by what the speaker means by 真似. The dictionary definitions
are as follows:

>   1. imitating; copying; mimicry​
>   2. behavior; behaviour; action; conduct​
>

I assume definition 2 is the correct usage, however is it behaviour/conduct in
terms of how they carry themselves/present themselves, or could it also be
referring to a specific action depending on the context? In this case the
action being the combat techniques.

Based on this later assumption would I be right in translating the line like
so:

> That reminds me, although they're not oracles… maybe warlocks who have been
> relatively strong for a long time can do something ( _combat techniques_ )
> that resembles this.
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meaning word-usage
usage of "真似" in 昔そこそこ強かったウォーロックの連中は似たような真似してたかもな
Definition 2 is correct. 真似 here refers to a specific action (combat
technique). Your translation is mostly correct, but could be improved if you
drop the "maybe" and treat the 昔 as "in the past" - not "for a long time". So
basically, the speaker is reminded of a group of relatively strong warlocks in
the past. They were not oracles, but they did something (combat technique)
similar. HTH.
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