plagiarist

plagiarist
plagiarize (also plagiarise) VERB take (the work or idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.
DERIVATIVES plagiarism noun plagiarist noun plagiarizer noun.
ORIGIN from Latin plagiarius 'kidnapper' , from Greek plagion 'a kidnapping' .

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  • plagiarist — (n.) 1670s, from plagiary plagiarist (see PLAGIARIZE (Cf. plagiarize)) + IST (Cf. ist). Related: Plagiaristic …   Etymology dictionary

  • Plagiarist — Pla gia*rist, n. One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plagiarist — noun see plagiarism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • plagiarist — See plagiarism. * * * …   Universalium

  • plagiarist — noun One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own; a literary thief; a plagiary …   Wiktionary

  • plagiarist — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, actor, ape, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, charmer, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, copyright infringer, counterfeiter, cribber, cuckoo …   Moby Thesaurus

  • plagiarist — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. counterfeiter, imitator, forger, literary vandal, plagiarizer, pirate, copier; see also cheat 1 , impostor . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who illicitly reproduces the artistic work, for example, of another: cribber,… …   English dictionary for students

  • plagiarist — pla·gi·a·rist || pleɪdÊ’É™rɪst n. one who copies another person s written work without giving the proper acknowledgement; one who uses another s patented or copyrighted materials without permission …   English contemporary dictionary

  • plagiarist — n. 1. Plagiary, literary thief. 2. Plagiarism, crime of literary theft …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • plagiarist — n (all chiefly in reference to literary material) pirate, vandal, robber, thief, pilferer, stealer, Inf. ripoff; imitator, forger, copier …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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