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Plagiary means The crime of literary theft; plagiarism..
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/ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/ · noun
The crime of literary theft; plagiarism..
accounted Plagiary
Plagiarie had not its nativity with printing; but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of books ſcarce wanted that invention.
He [Ben Jonson] vvas not onely a profeſſed Imitator of Horace, but a learned Plagiary of all the others; you track him every vvhere in their Snovv: […]
Without Invention a Painter is but a Copier, and a Poet but a Plagiary of others.
The busy bee is his classical device, and the simile confesses and justifies his plundering propensities; but the plagiary poet who steals ideas is represented by another insect, […]
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Plagiary means The crime of literary theft; plagiarism..
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accounted Plagiary
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