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plagio-
- a combining form meaning “oblique,” used in the formation of compound words:
plagioclase.
plagio-
combining_form
- slanting, inclining, or oblique
plagiotropism
Word History and Origins
Origin of plagio-1
Word History and Origins
Origin of plagio-1
Example Sentences
Later, it became a specific reference to the abduction of children, and is still cited as such in Scottish law, while another derivative, plagio, formerly a statute in Italian law, is loosely translated as brainwashing: the subjugation of another’s mind, bending it to one’s will.
Dramatically Mr. Sagi is intrigued by the supporting character of a playwright, Plagio — as in plagiarism? — who hangs around Figaro in hopes of pointers for a comedy he is writing.
Crenius wrote a dissertation De Furibus Librariis, and J. Conrad Schwarz another De Plagio Literario, in which some curious appropriations are pointed out; your pages have already contained some additional recent instances.
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