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

For result we found that beyond a doubt the magazinist had "skinned" his article out of Stedman's chapter—in other words, that he had in effect plagiarized his charge of plagiary and the proofs of it.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

Franck, as we saw, called Walton ‘a plagiary.’

From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Lang, Andrew

An accusation of mere plagiary is made impossible by his openness.

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

But here, while writing about plagiarism, I have been myself a plagiary; and it shall not remain without acknowledgment, having suffered somewhat in that sort myself.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various