literary theft
Example Sentences
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His first presidential campaign ended largely because he appropriated language from a British politician, Neil Kinnock, a literary theft that today seems almost benign.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2021
In the meantime, I asked a few academics for their thoughts on whether Dylan had committed punishable literary theft.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2017
First, Paul Manafort and Sean Spicer vociferously denied that any literary theft had occurred.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2017
Mr. McDade, the author of a previous book about literary theft, is the curator of rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2013
In popular conception literary theft is at worst a venial sin whose very iniquity is doubtful unless found out.
From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee
