• Plagiary

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈpleɪdÊ’(ɪ)əɹi/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

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

    Full definition of plagiary

    Noun

    plagiary

    (plural plagiaries)
    1. (archaic) A plagiarist.
    2. (obsolete) A kidnapper.
    3. The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.
      • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:Plagiarie had not its nativity with Printing, but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of Books scarce wanted that Invention.
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