From all these facts it must appear to the philosophic reader that plagiarism is not the simple "crime" or "theft" that the lexicographers would have us believe.
"Short Stories and Essays From "Literature and Life""
William Dean Howells
Some reviewers, again, are lexicographers.
"Walking-Stick Papers"
Robert Cortes Holliday
We have not dropped the fortunate expression from any want of its use, but of perception in our lexicographers.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli