Plagiarist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plagiarist \Pla"gia*rist\, n.
     One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or
     ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary
     thief; a plagiary.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plagiarist
       n : someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they
           were his own [syn: {plagiarizer}, {plagiariser}, {literary
           pirate}, {pirate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "plagiarist":
     Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli,
     Machiavellian, actor, ape, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler,
     charmer, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, copyright infringer,
     counterfeiter, cribber, cuckoo, deceiver, deluder, dissembler,
     dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, duper, echo, echoer, echoist,
     enchanter, entrancer, faker, fooler, forger, gay deceiver, hoaxer,
     hypnotizer, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, jilt,
     jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, leg-puller, literary pirate,
     mesmerizer, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, misleader, mocker,
     mockingbird, monkey, parrot, phony, pirate, plagiarizer, playactor,
     poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, practical joker, ragger,
     role-player, seducer, sheep, simulator, spoofer, tease, teaser