plagiariser
Steals others' words
A plagiariser is someone who passes off another's work or ideas as their own.
The term applies to students copying essays, writers lifting passages, or anyone claiming credit for what they didn't create: The professor identified her as a plagiariser after finding identical sentences online.
Also spelled plagiarizer.
One who copies others
- copycatOne who mimics another
- copierMachine reproducing documents
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- appropriatorOne who claims possession
echo · parrot · mimic · reproducer · replicator · duplicate · clone · replica
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- fakeNot the real thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
pretender · hoaxer · deceiver · cheat · con artist · fraud · counterfeit · fabricator
Deceptive rule-breaking
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- dishonorLoss of respect
theft · corruption · dishonest · deceitful · duplicitous · academic dishonesty · breach · violation
Function's rate of change
- unoriginalNot new or novel
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
uninspired · stale · borrowed · imitative · formulaic · uncreative · secondhand · prosaic
imitator
One who copies others
appropriator · echo · parrot · mimic · reproducer · replicator · duplicate · clone · replica · facsimile
impostor
One feigning another's identity
phony · pretender · hoaxer · deceiver · cheat · con artist · fraud · counterfeit · fabricator · falsifier
cheating
Deceptive rule-breaking
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- unethicalViolating moral standards
dishonor · theft · corruption · dishonest · deceitful · duplicitous · academic dishonesty · breach · violation · infringement
derivative
Function's rate of change
- unoriginalNot new or novel
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
cliché · uninspired · stale · borrowed · imitative · formulaic · uncreative · secondhand · prosaic · banal
plagiariseroriginator
One who initiates
original thinker · inventor · creator · innovator · creative genius
- plagiarism checkerTool identifying unoriginal content
- plagiarism detectionIdentifying uncredited borrowed text
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