Historically, the term “plagiarism” originates from the Latin word plagiarius, which signifies a “kidnapper” (Taylor 2024, p. 5). This etymological legacy gives an interesting meaning to plagiarism, which is the act of falsely claiming another person’s intellectual work and then submitting it as one’s own to a university or a publisher. The Roman poet Martial (AD 38–41–c.103) used the word plagiarius in his Epigrams to convey the sense that his verses had been kidnapped by Fidentinus, as if the literary theft was an intellectual abduction (Cresswell 2010, p. 329). Martial uses “kidnapping” and “stealing” of verses distinctly, though both expressions target the same plagiarist. The idea of kidnapping that is inherent in plagiarius is related to runaway slaves and literary theft is indicated by the Latin word furtum (Seo 2009).