literary theft

Example Sentences

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His first presidential campaign ended largely because he appropriated language from a British politician, Neil Kinnock, a literary theft that today seems almost benign.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2021

In the meantime, I asked a few academics for their thoughts on whether Dylan had committed punishable literary theft.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2017

First, Paul Manafort and Sean Spicer vociferously denied that any literary theft had occurred.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2017

Mr. McDade, the author of a previous book about literary theft, is the curator of rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2013

In popular conception literary theft is at worst a venial sin whose very iniquity is doubtful unless found out.

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee