Dictionary 1. (n.) The theft of passages from another's writing\.2. (n.) That which plagiarized. Thesaurus adoption appropriation assumption autoplagiarism borrowed plumes borrowing copying counterfeiting cribbing derivation deriving doubling duplication echo emulation fakery following forgery hit-off imitation impersonation imposture impression infringement infringement of copyright infringing lifting literary piracy mimesis mirroring mocking onomatopoeia parody pasticcio pastiche piracy pirating plagiarizing plagiary purloining quotation reappearance rebirth recurrence redoubling reduplication reecho regurgitation reincarnation renewal reoccurrence repetition reproduction resumption return simulation stealing takeoff taking theft thievery usurpation |