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Definition of Plagiarist - 3 dictionary results

pla⋅gia⋅rism

  [pley-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-]
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–noun
1. the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
2. something used and represented in this manner.
Origin:
1615–25; plagiar(y) + -ism

Related forms:
pla⋅gia⋅rist, noun
pla⋅gia⋅ris⋅tic, adjective
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pla·gia·rism   (plā'jə-rĭz'əm)   
n.  
  1. The act of plagiarizing.
  2. Something plagiarized.

[From plagiary.]
pla'gia·rist n., pla'gia·ris'tic adj.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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