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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪzəm/^(Wiktionary)
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  ==Etymology==
− First recorded in 1621,^(OED 1989) formed [[af|en|plagiary|-ism]].^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) ''Plagiary'' “plagiarist” is from [[la|plagiārius|t=kidnapper, plunderer]], used by Martial in the sense “literary thief”,^(Etymonline) from ''plagium'' “kidnapping”, from ''plaga'' “snare, hunting net”.^(Etymonline)
+ Formed [[af|en|plagiary|-ism]].^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) ''Plagiary'' “plagiarist” is from [[la|plagiārius|t=kidnapper, plunderer]], used by Martial in the sense “literary thief”,^(Etymonline) from ''plagium'' “kidnapping”, from ''plaga'' “snare, hunting net”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The wrongful appropriation and publication as one's own of another's ideas or writing (1621).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ ''Plagiary'', “literary thief”, is recorded from c. 1600.^(Etymonline) From 1797 ''plagiarism'' also meant the plagiarized idea or passage itself.^(OED 1989) Latin ''plaga'' also meant “open expanse, territory”, and is perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to be flat”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1600 – ''plagiary'', “plagiarist”.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1621 – ''plagiarism''.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)
+ * 1797 – “a plagiarized idea or work”.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Presenting another person's words, ideas, or work as one's own.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Something plagiarized.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[plagiarist]]
+ * [[plagiaristic]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[plagiarize]]
+ * [[kidnap]]
  
  ==References==