noun
- people who use someone else’s words, ideas, or work and present them as their own without giving proper credit
Usage: plural of plagiarist
Examples
- The professor caught several plagiarists in her class this semester.
- Academic institutions have strict policies against plagiarists.
- Software programs can help identify plagiarists by comparing texts.
- The journal editor discovered that some authors were plagiarists.
- Students who become plagiarists risk failing their courses.
- The university expelled three plagiarists for academic dishonesty.