literary theft

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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

This reveals, not a literary theft, but a mind whose mode of thinking and expression was ever the same.

From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Moody, Joel