Crossword Genius

Like some piece judged to be plagiarised (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pirated

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'be plagiarised' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'like some piece judged' is the wordplay.
'like some piece' becomes 'pi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'judged' becomes 'rated' (rating is a kind of judging).
'pi'+'rated'='PIRATED'

'to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pirated that I've seen before include "Used in defiance of copyright" , "knocked off" , "Published without permission" , "Copied" .)

Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app