plagiarize

[ pley-juh-rahyz, -jee-uh-rahyz ]
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verb (used with object),pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing.
  1. to take and use by plagiarism.

  2. to take and use ideas, passages, etc., from (another's work) by plagiarism.

verb (used without object),pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing.
  1. to commit plagiarism.

Origin of plagiarize

1
First recorded in 1710–20; plagiar(ism) + -ize
  • Also especially British, pla·gia·rise .

Other words from plagiarize

  • pla·gia·riz·er, noun
  • un·pla·gia·rized, adjective

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How to use plagiarize in a sentence

  • They are taken from writers of different times and countries, and who are not directly plagiarising one another.

  • Then, unconsciously plagiarising Parpon: "Prince or barber—a toss-up!"

  • The nineteenth century was plagiarising the eighteenth, and following precedents whose day was past.

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • I reserve my opinion, from an artist's point of view, on this plagiarising of the words of songs.

    Musicians of To-Day | Romain Rolland
  • Such an identification is in the usual plagiarising fashion of the author of the Wallace.

    The Bruce | John Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for plagiarize

plagiarize

plagiarise

/ (ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz) /


verb
  1. to appropriate (ideas, passages, etc) from (another work or author)

Derived forms of plagiarize

  • plagiarizer or plagiariser, noun

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