plagiarist

Noun

Meaning

One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pirate plagiarizer plagiariser literary pirate buccaneer echo marauder mime actor ape privateer cuckoo aper amateur follower
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Antonyms

artist author composer journalist clerk critic
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Hypernyms

thief stealer

Examples

There was a time that I was only known for being a plagiarist. It used to hurt at times because there was so much effort I was putting into music. And instead of that, it was a couple tunes that I had reproduced from folk songs to remake as film songs, which were being written about. Pritam Chakraborty

The plagiarist turns the body inside-out and changes the bones. Japanese Proverb

As I said then, I don't consider it plagiarism--the anecdote is eventually revealed to be part of an insurance scam and I can accept that we are to assume that the is the plagiarist (although none of this is explicitly stated). Source: Internet

The man is a bona fide plagiarist and a stupid clown for the “communist” comment. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

plagiarised plagiariser plagiarism plagiaristic plagiaristically plagiarizable