PLAGIARIUS, civil law. He who fraudulently concealed a freeman or slave who
belonged to another.
2. The offence itself was called plagium.
3. It differed from larceny or theft in this, that larceny always
implies that the guilty party intended to make a profit, whereas the
plagiarius did not intend to make any profit. Dig. 48, 15, 6; Code, 9, 20,
9 and 15.