plagiarists
Literary work stealers
Plagiarists are people who pass off others' work as their own.
The term covers everyone from students copying essays to authors lifting passages without attribution.
The professor failed three plagiarists that semester.
The word carries strong disapproval—plagiarism is considered a serious breach in academic and professional contexts.
One who mimics another
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- paraphraseRestatement in new words
- emulateCopy with aspiration
- replicateCopy exactly
echo · reproduce · duplicate · clone · derivative · appropriation · borrowing · lifting
People who mimic others
- counterfeitersMakers of fake currency
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
- forgersThose who create fraudulent copies
cheaters · imposters · fakers · infringers · pirates · ghostwriters · fabricators · deceivers
Intentional criminal trickery
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
theft · piracy · infringement · misrepresentation · fabrication · misconduct · unethical · corruption
Plagiarism detection service
- originalityNovel creative quality
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- checkerOne who examines
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
flagged · caught · exposed · investigation · evidence · comparison · verification · audit
copycat
One who mimics another
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- paraphraseRestatement in new words
- emulateCopy with aspiration
replicate · echo · reproduce · duplicate · clone · derivative · appropriation · borrowing · lifting · cribbing
copycats
People who mimic others
- counterfeitersMakers of fake currency
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
forgers · cheaters · imposters · fakers · infringers · pirates · ghostwriters · fabricators · deceivers · charlatans
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
forgery · theft · piracy · infringement · misrepresentation · fabrication · misconduct · unethical · corruption · duplicitous
Turnitin
Plagiarism detection service
- originalityNovel creative quality
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- checkerOne who examines
algorithm · flagged · caught · exposed · investigation · evidence · comparison · verification · audit · scrutiny
- infringerspirates, counterfeiters, bootleggers, forgers, software pirates
plagiaristsoriginators
Those who create first
innovators · inventors · pioneers · trailblazers · visionaries
- plagiarism checkerTool identifying unoriginal content
- plagiarism detectionIdentifying uncredited borrowed text