In the 1st century, the use of the Latin word plagiarius (literally "kidnapper") to denote stealing someone else's work was pioneered by the Roman poet Martial, who complained that another poet had "kidnapped his verses".
Under första århundradet användes det latinska ordet plagiarius och plagium ('människorov', 'kidnappning') om när någon stjäl någon annans arbete, av den romerska poeten Martial, som klagade över att en annan poet hade "kidnappat hans verser".