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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 own
Familiarity information: LITERARY PIRATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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