Pla"gia*ry, v. i.
To commit plagiarism.
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Pla"gia*ry (?), n.; pl. Plagiaries (#). [L. plagiarius a kidnaper, a literary thief, fr. plagium kidnaping; cf. plaga a net, perh. akin to E. plait: cf. F. plagiaire.]
1.
A manstealer; a kidnaper.
[Obs.]
2.
One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.
Dryden.
3.
Plagiarism; literary thief.
Milton.
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Pla"gia*ry, a.
1.
Kidnaping.
[Obs.]
E. Browne.
2.
Practicing plagiarism.
Bp. Hall.
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