plagiary

[pley-juh-ree, -jee-uh-ree]

pla·gia·ry

[pley-juh-ree, -jee-uh-ree]
noun, plural pla·gia·ries.
2.
a plagiarist.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin plagiārius kidnapper, equivalent to plagi(um) kidnapping (akin to plaga snare) + -ārius -ary
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Plagiary is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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plagiary (ˈpleɪdʒərɪ)
 
n , pl -ries
archaic a person who plagiarizes or a piece of plagiarism
 
[C16: from Latin plagiārus plunderer, from plagium kidnapping; related to plaga snare]

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