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Yes. The word plagium is a Scrabble US word. The word plagium is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word plagium is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PLAGIUM,

6-letter words (2 found)

LUMPIA,MAGILP,

5-letter words (14 found)

ALGUM,ALMUG,AMPUL,AUMIL,GLAUM,GUIMP,LIMPA,MIAUL,MILPA,MULGA,PILAU,PILUM,PUGIL,UGALI,

4-letter words (40 found)

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3-letter words (38 found)

AIL,AIM,ALP,ALU,AMI,AMP,AMU,GAL,GAM,GAP,GAU,GIP,GUL,GUM,GUP,IMP,LAG,LAM,LAP,LIG,LIP,LUG,LUM,MAG,MAL,MAP,MIG,MIL,MUG,PAL,PAM,PIA,PIG,PIU,PLU,PUG,PUL,UMP,

2-letter words (16 found)

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You can make 111 words from plagium according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plagium

plagium

Etymology

From Latin plagium (“kidnapping”), compare plagiarism, probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).

Noun

plagium (usually uncountable, plural plagiums)

  1. (Scots law) abduction, especially of a child

Usage notes

The Scottish common law offence of Abduction is defined as: “the carrying off or confining of a person forcibly and without lawful authority”.

In addition, a common law offence of child stealing (‘plagium’) can be committed against children below the age of puberty (under 12 years for girls and under 14 years for boys) when the abductor has no parental responsibility for the child.

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Latin

Etymology

Probably from or related to plaga (“hunting net”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). See also plectō (“I weave”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɡi.um/, [ˈpɫ̪äɡiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈpläːd͡ʒium]

Noun

plagium n (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension

  1. manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

  • plagiārius
  • plagiātīcius
  • plagiātor
  • plagiō

Descendants

References

  • plagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “plagium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “plagium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “plagium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Source: wiktionary.org