plagiary /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/noun 3adjective 1forms 1 noun3 •The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.Plagiarie had not its nativity with printing; but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of books scarce wanted that invention. — 1650 •(no longer used) A plagiarist.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: […] — 1668 •(no longer used) A kidnapper. adjective1 •(no longer used) plagiarizingThe 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, […] — 1863 formsplagiaries
