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Pirate (Noun)

Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.

Nouns denoting people.

He's just a pirate who plagiarized someone else's script to pass it off as his own original work.
Many accuse her of being a literary pirate for failing to credit her sources properly in her dissertation.
In academic circles, a pirate who engages in plagiarism will quickly ruin his own reputation and suffer consequences.
Anyone found guilty of passing off another writer's ideas without attribution can be accused of being a literary pirate.
Universities crack down hard on pirate behavior by deducting severe penalties and warning potential violators in academic contracts.