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plagiary

/ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/ UK

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From Latin plagiārius (“kidnapper, plagiarist”), from plagium (“kidnapping”), probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).

noun plagiaries · plagiarie

countable, uncountable The crime of literary theft; plagiarism. accounted Plagiary
archaic, countable, uncountable A plagiarist. He [Ben Jonson] vvas not onely a profeſſed Imitator of Horace, but a learned Plagiary of all the others; you track him every vvhere in their Snovv: […]
countable, obsolete, uncountable A kidnapper.

adjective plagiarie

archaic, not comparable plagiarizing The busy bee is his classical device, and the simile confesses and justifies his plundering propensities; but the plagiary poet who steals ideas is represented by another insect, […]

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@misc{plagiary_2026,
  title = {plagiary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plagiary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}