plagiary

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The case follows that of the family of Marvin Gaye successfully suing Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke for plagiary on their hit Blurred Lines.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2015

It may be that many a successful author has been a plagiarist, but no author ever succeeded because of his plagiary.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander

There is another sort of jay, The number of its legs the same, Which makes of borrow'd plumes display, And plagiary is its name.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

Should we say Lord Plunket had read these passages, and is thereby convicted of eloquent plagiary?

From Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 by Various

Copyright and Copywrong.—The dramatist who dramatises his neighbour's novel against his will, is less a playwright than a plagiary.

From Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama by Various