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LITERARY PIRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does literary pirate mean? 

LITERARY PIRATE (noun)
  The noun LITERARY PIRATE has 1 sense:

1. someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his ownplay

  Familiarity information: LITERARY PIRATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITERARY PIRATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

literary pirate; pirate; plagiariser; plagiarist; plagiarizer

Hypernyms ("literary pirate" is a kind of...):

stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)


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