What is another word for Plagiary?

Pronunciation: [plˈe͡ɪd͡ʒəɹi] (IPA)

The term "plagiary" refers to the act of using someone else's work and passing it off as one's own. There are, however, several synonyms for this term. One of the most common ones is "plagiarism", which refers to the same concept of passing off someone else's work as one's own. Another synonym is "literary theft", which refers specifically to the act of stealing someone's written work. Additionally, the terms "copyright infringement" and "intellectual property theft" are often used interchangeably with plagiary. Whatever term one uses to describe it, this act is widely viewed as unethical and can have severe consequences, including legal action and damage to one's reputation.

What are the hypernyms for Plagiary?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Plagiary

Such of his fellow-students as envied him the success of this discourse, and the admiration it procured him, employed their industry to trace him as a Plagiary; for they could not be persuaded that a youth seemingly so much removed from the appearance of genius, could compose a declamation, in which learning, genius, and judgment had a very great share.
"The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753),Vol. V."
Theophilus Cibber
144. The Reviewer does not in reality employ his pen for writing; but he burns it, to awaken weak people from their swoons with the smell; he tickles with it the throat of the Plagiary, to make him render back; and he picks with it his own teeth.
"The Campaner Thal and Other Writings"
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
In this manner, from the humble beginnings of three volumes, in which the Plagiary much more than the contributor was visible, eight were at length built up with more durable materials, and which claim the attention and the gratitude of the student.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli

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