plagiary

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The case follows that of the family of Marvin Gaye successfully suing Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke for plagiary on their hit Blurred Lines.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2015

Yet the problem does not resolve itself into the simple question whether Pandolfini or Alberti was the plagiary.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

On a famous occasion Charles Reade drew a line between plagiary and justifiable borrowing.

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

There is another sort of jay, The number of its legs the same, Which makes of borrow'd plumes display, And plagiary is its name.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

Now be this so: according to the dogmas of some critics, Lord Plunket may be convicted of an eloquent plagiary.

From Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 by Various