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PLAGIARIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Synonyms:

literary pirate; pirate; plagiariser; plagiarist; plagiarizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("plagiarist" is a kind of...):

stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)

Derivation:

plagiarise (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)

plagiarism (the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own)

plagiarism (a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work)

plagiarize (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)

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