plagiary adjective & noun. ['pleɪdʒǝri] Now rare. L16.
[from Latin plagiarius kidnapper, literary from thief, from plagium kidnapping from Greek plagion: see -ARY¹.]
A. adjective.
1. That plagiarizes, plagiarizing. L16-M17.

2. That kidnaps, kidnapping. rare. Only in L17.

3. Obtained by plagiarism, plagiarized. L17-E19.
b. noun.
1. A kidnapper. Only in 17.

2. A plagiarist. E17.

3. Plagiarism. M17.
b. A plagiarism. L17.

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