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pla·gia·rism

 (plā′jə-rĭz′əm)
n.
1. The act or behavior of plagiarizing.
2. An instance of plagiarizing, especially a passage that is taken from the work of one person and reproduced in the work of another without attribution.
[From plagiary.]
pla′gia·rist n.
pla′gia·ris′tic adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.plagiarist - someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his ownplagiarist - someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarizer
stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
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plagiarist

noun
One who illicitly reproduces the artistic work, for example, of another:
cribber, pirate, plagiarizer.
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Translations

plagiarist

[ˈpleɪdʒɪərɪst] N → plagiario/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plagiarist

[ˈpleɪdʒərɪst] n → plagiaire m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

plagiarist

n → Plagiator(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

plagiarist

[ˈpleɪdʒjərɪst] n → plagiario/a
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