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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Plagiarist

means strictly one who kidnaps a slave. Martial applies the word to the kidnappers of other men's brains. Literary theft unacknowledged is called plagiarism. (Latin, plagrarius.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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