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plagiaristic

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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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Cultural Dictionary

plagiarism

Literary theft. Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's language or ideas and then calls the work his or her own. Copyright laws protect writers' words as their legal property. To avoid the charge of plagiarism, writers take care to credit those from whom they borrow and quote.

Note: Similar theft in music or other arts is also called plagiarism.
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Word Origin & History

plagiarism 
1621, from L. plagiarius "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer," used in the sense of "literary thief" by Martial, from plagium "kidnapping," from plaga "snare, net," from PIE base *p(e)lag- "flat, spread out." Plagiary is attested from 1597.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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