plagiarist

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/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪst/

noun

One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief.

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plagiarizerplagiaryplagiatorplagiariserliterary piratepirate
OriginEnglish plagiary ← Latin plagiārius ← Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- →
UncommonFirst used 1670sScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounplagiarist (plural plagiarists)

plural plagiarists

  1. One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief.First known use 1670s

    Synonyms: plagiarizer, plagiary, plagiator

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief.

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plagiarizerplagiaryplagiator

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were their own

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plagiarizerplagiariserliterary piratepirate
Broader
thiefstealer
Also see
pirateplagiarizerplagiator

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  3. Latinplagium
  4. Latinplagiārius
  5. Englishplagiary
  6. Englishplagiarist

From plagiary + -ist.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مُنتحِل
  • مُنتحِلone who plagiarizes
Bulgarian плагиат
  • плагиат (plagiat)one who plagiarizes
Catalan plagiari
  • plagiarione who plagiarizes
Chinese Mandarin 剽竊者 /剽窃者, 抄襲者 /抄袭者
  • 剽竊者 /剽窃者 (piāoqièzhě)one who plagiarizes
  • 抄襲者 /抄袭者 (chāoxízhě)one who plagiarizes
Czech plagiátor, plagiátorka
  • plagiátorone who plagiarizes
  • plagiátorkaone who plagiarizes
Esperanto plagiatisto
  • plagiatistoone who plagiarizes
Finnish plagioija
  • plagioijaone who plagiarizes
French plagiaire
  • plagiaireone who plagiarizes
German Plagiator, Plagiatorin
  • Plagiatorone who plagiarizes
  • Plagiatorinone who plagiarizes
Greek λογοκλόπος
  • λογοκλόπος (logoklópos)one who plagiarizes
Italian plagiatore, plagiatrice
  • plagiatoreone who plagiarizes
  • plagiatriceone who plagiarizes
Polish plagiator, plagiatorka
  • plagiatorone who plagiarizes
  • plagiatorkaone who plagiarizes
Portuguese plagiador, plagiário
  • plagiadorone who plagiarizes
  • plagiárioone who plagiarizes
Romanian plagiator
  • plagiatorone who plagiarizes
Russian плагиа́тор, плагиа́торша
  • плагиа́тор (plagiátor)one who plagiarizes
  • плагиа́торша (plagiátorša)one who plagiarizes
Slovak plagiátor, plagiátorka
  • plagiátorone who plagiarizes
  • plagiátorkaone who plagiarizes
Spanish plagiador, plagiario
  • plagiadorone who plagiarizes
  • plagiarioone who plagiarizes
Swedish fuskare, plagiator
  • fuskareone who plagiarizes
  • plagiatorone who plagiarizes
Turkish intihalci
  • intihalcione who plagiarizes
Ukrainian плагіа́тор, плагіа́торка
  • плагіа́тор (plahiátor)one who plagiarizes
  • плагіа́торка (plahiátorka)one who plagiarizes
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Chicago

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