plagiarist

English

Etymology

From plagiary +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

plagiarist (plural plagiarists)

1. One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief

   Synonym: plagiary

Translations

one who plagiarizes

Belarusian: плагія́тар m (plahijátar), плагія́тарка (plahijátarka) Bulgarian: плагиат (bg) m (plagiat) Catalan: plagiari m Chinese: Mandarin: 剽竊者／剽窃者 (piāoqièzhě), 抄襲者／抄袭者 (zh) (chāoxízhě) Czech: plagiátor (cs) m, plagiátorka f Esperanto: plagiatisto Finnish: plagioija (fi) French: plagiaire (fr) m or f Georgian: პლაგიატორი (ka) (ṗlagiaṭori) German: Plagiator (de) m, Plagiatorin (de) f Greek: λογοκλόπος (el) m or f (logoklópos) Italian: plagiatore (it) m, plagiatrice f Occitan: plagiari (oc) m Polish: plagiator (pl) m, plagiatorka (pl) f Portuguese: plagiador (pt) m, plagiário (pt) m Russian: плагиа́тор (ru) m (plagiátor), плагиа́торша (ru) f (plagiátorša) Slovak: plagiátor m, plagiátorka f Spanish: plagiador (es) m, plagiario (es) m Swedish: fuskare (sv) c, plagiator (sv) c Telugu: ఛాయాచోరకవి (chāyācōrakavi) Turkish: intihalci Ukrainian: плагіа́тор m (plahiátor), плагіа́торка f (plahiátorka)

Further reading

• “plagiarist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “plagiarist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.