PLAGIARISM, PLAGIARIST, PLAGIARIZE
NOUNS
► CRIB something taken without acknowledgement, as a passage from an author; a plagiarism → 1834 colloq.
► CRIBBAGE a ‘cribbing’, that which is ‘cribbed’; plagiarism → 1830 colloq.
► PAPER-STEALTH literary piracy, plagiarism → 1647 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BITER a plagiarist, esp. in rap/hip-hop, etc. → 1987 US sl.
► BRAIN-SUCKER a person who takes credit for or benefits undeservedly from the intellectual labour of others; a plagiarist, a parasite → 1781
► PLAGIATOR a plagiarist; one who plagiarizes the ideas, work, etc. of another→ 1889
► SPONGE-WIT a plagiarist → 19C sl.
► TAKER a literary plunderer, a plagiarist → 1687
VERBS
► CABBAGE to plagiarize → L19 sl.
► CRIB to take or copy with acknowledgement, and use as one’s own; to plagiarize → 1778 colloq.
► LIFT to steal, to rob; to plagiarize → 1526 sl.
► PONY to memorize; to plagiarize → 1847
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