Meaning & use
Plagiarist
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A person who takes someone else's work, writing, or ideas and presents them as their own.
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The university expelled the student after identifying him as a plagiarist.
Critics accused the author of being a plagiarist after passages matched an earlier novel word for word.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'plagiarius', originally meaning 'kidnapper', later extended to someone who 'steals' another's literary work.
Words with a similar meaning
copycat
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Words with an opposite meaning
original author
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