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

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

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

More; the farewell of which may be our author's to his plagiary, Vale, More! et moriam tuam gnaviter defende.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George

He rates Scaliger for ignorance because he was evidently under the impression that Cardan was the first to draw a horoscope of Christ, and attacks Cardan chiefly on the score of plagiary.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)