ˈplagiat rare—1.
[ad. law L. plagiātus kidnapping, f. late L. plagiāre to kidnap. So F. plagiat (1762 in Dict. Acad.).]
Man-stealing, kidnapping.
| 1809 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 316 The impressment of seamen..is no better than what civilians call plagiat, a crime punishable with death by all civilized nations. |