PoliticsAugust 15, 2026
plagiarizing
PLAY-juh-rye-zing
Definition
The act of taking someone else's written work or ideas and presenting them as one's own without attribution.
Etymology
The word is derived from the Latin 'plagiarius,' meaning 'kidnapper' or 'abductor,' which was used metaphorically in the 17th century to describe someone who steals the literary property of others.
In the news
The article uses the word to suggest that Donald Trump may have copied text directly from a Department of Justice legal brief for his own social media post, blurring the lines between government legal work and personal communication.
In a Truth social post, Trump posts language as his own that comes from an April DOJ brief that sounded like a Truth social post
Read the full article ↗Law Dork | Chris Geidner