the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To commit plagiarism.
n. A manstealer; a kidnaper.
n. One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.
n. Plagiarism; literary theft.
adj. Kidnaping.
adj. Practicing plagiarism.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A manstealer; a kidnapper.
n. A plagiarist.
n. The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.
Manstealing; kidnapping.
Practising literary theft.
Word Usage
"The Oxford English Dictionary cites the Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson as the first person to use the word plagiary to designate literary theft -- and he was making a joke."