I. A torturer, oppressor, plunderer (class.): “Licinium plagiarium cum suo pullo milvino tributa exigere,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: “inter avaros, circumscriptores, latrones, plagiarios unum esse cui noceri non possit,” Sen. Tranq. 8, 4.—
II. Esp., a man-stealer, kidnapper (post-Aug.), Dig. 21, 1, 17; 47, 2, 49; 53; 48, 15, 1; Callistr. Ib. 6; Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 10.—
B. Transf., a literary thief, plagiarist (one who pretends to be the author of another's book), Mart. 1, 53, 9.