Etymology

plagiarise

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Latin plagiare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromplagiare“to kidnap, to abduct”
  2. English todayplagiarise

From plagiary + -ise, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).

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