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

To draw material from a heterogeneous work—to found, for instance, the play of Coriolanus upon Plutarch's Life—is justifiable: to take from a homogeneous work—to enrich your drama from another man's drama—is plagiary.

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

Now be this so: according to the dogmas of some critics, Lord Plunket may be convicted of an eloquent plagiary.

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

Milton, an unconscious plagiary, a Latin verse of, cited, an English poet, his 'Hymn of the Nativity.'

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

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