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The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word meaning what?

plagiarism

[play-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-] / ˈpleɪ dʒəˌrɪz əm, -dʒi əˌrɪz- /


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In response to separate allegations of plagiarism, Orelien admitted to making "unacceptable mistakes" in the past in his writing, without mentioning specifics.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Both jobs entailed tedious rewrite work that would have fit into Mr. Posner’s capacious definition of plagiarism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Arday had faced allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

In the ancient world, plagiarism was viewed quite negatively: The word “plagiarism” actually means “kidnapper” in Latin, and the Roman poet Horace described literary theft like a crow making itself beautiful with stolen feathers.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Two reasons. One, if you’re on my side, your flagrant plagiarism remains our dirty little secret. Two, I know what to do with that silhouette card you just found in the Hoosier Hospitality book.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

That a lot of these supposed plagiarisms were things in speeches, or I guess also in books.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2013

I doubt that a single person could track down all the plagiarisms in QR Markham's spy novel Assassin of Secrets; but a group certainly could and did, and with remarkable speed.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012

Dickens' novels are hardly less theatrical, as his contemporaries realized to their quick profit: several stage plagiarisms of Nicholas Nickleby were on the London boards before the novel's serial publication was complete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now--after New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was caught in a string of plagiarisms and fabrications, ultimately leading to a staff revolt and the resignation of Times executive editor Howell Raines--it seems prescient.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fagerolles already repented having asked that stupid question, and he ended by altogether floundering; he tried to excuse himself for his plagiarisms and his compromises.

From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly


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