plagiary

[ pley-juh-ree, -jee-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural pla·gia·ries.

1. plagiarism.
2. a plagiarist.

plagiary

/ ˈpleɪdʒərɪ /

noun

1. archaic.
   a person who plagiarizes or a piece of plagiarism

Word History and Origins

Origin of plagiary¹

1590–1600; < Latin plagiārius kidnapper, equivalent to plagi ( um ) kidnapping (akin to plaga snare) + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of plagiary¹

C16: from Latin plagiārus plunderer, from plagium kidnapping; related to plaga snare

Example Sentences

Indeed ‘plagiary’ becomes a word in English only in 1598, ‘plagiarism’ in 1621, ‘plagiarize’ in 1660, ‘plagiarist’ in 1674.

From Literature

A few years earlier, the Chief Justice, Matthew Hale, writing anonymously on the Torricellian experiments, had been anxious to insist that he had cited his sources, in order to ‘avoid, as much as I can, the imputation of a Plagiary’.

From Literature

The case follows that of the family of Marvin Gaye successfully suing Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke for plagiary on their hit Blurred Lines.

From BBC

The uneasy self-absorption which Sheridan immortalized in the character of Sir Fretful Plagiary in The Critic is apparent enough in this autobiography, but presents itself there in no offensive form.

From Project Gutenberg

It should be added that, though Cumberland’s sentimentality is often wearisome, his morality is generally sound; that if he was without the genius requisite for elevating the national drama, he did his best to keep it pure and sweet; and that if he borrowed much, as he undoubtedly did, it was not the vicious attractions of other dramatists of which he was the plagiary.

From Project Gutenberg