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

On a famous occasion Charles Reade drew a line between plagiary and justifiable borrowing.

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

For result we found that beyond a doubt the magazinist had "skinned" his article out of Stedman's chapter—in other words, that he had in effect plagiarized his charge of plagiary and the proofs of it.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

An insertion by a manifest plagiary into the work of a detected liar is not, usually, good evidence.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

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