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plagiarist
What does plagiarist mean?
plagiarist (noun): someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce plagiarist?
/ˈpleɪdʒəɹɪst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does plagiarist come from?
From plagiary + -ist.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to plagiarist
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
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