The word Plagiarism comes from the root Latin word for "Kidnap" or "Kidnapping" and the Latin to "steal" -
'plagiarius' an abductor, thief, kidnapper, plunderer
'plagiare (plag-zare)' to steal, to plunder
Plagiarism can be seen as stealing, thus the Plagiarist as a thief, however this varies on the context or circumstances.
So the word Plagiarism can be seen as outright theft through to trivial copying.
"fur est" interestingly is Latin for "he is a thief". e.g
"Billvs Gatvs, fur est "
or possibly more appropriately in the (pl.)
"Microsoftis et Billvs Gatvs, plagiarius estis"
or my personal fav:
'systema FENESTRARIA XP corruit saepe" - Windows XP crashes often.
This response was Plagiarised from many sources
[ September 22, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]