plagiarize

[pley-juh-rahyz, -jee-uh-rahyz]

verb (used with object), pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing.

to take and use by plagiarism.

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

verb (used without object), pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing.

to commit plagiarism.

Also especially British, pla·gia·rise.

Origin of plagiarize

First recorded in 1710–20; plagiar(ism) + -ize

Related formspla·gia·riz·er, nounun·pla·gia·rized, adjective

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Examples from the Web for plagiarising

Historical Examples of plagiarising

He justifies himself from the charge of plagiarising from Plautus and Naevius8.
The Roman Poets of the Republic
W. Y. Sellar
He now solemnly accuses me of plagiarising the poem he had the vulgarity to attribute to me.
Miscellanies
Oscar Wilde
If the Colonel's tale this morning was wonderful to the listener, the author suspected that he was plagiarising.
Tell England
Ernest Raymond
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

British Dictionary definitions for plagiarising

plagiarize

plagiarise

verb

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

Derived Formsplagiarizer or plagiariser, noun

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Word Origin and History for plagiarising

plagiarize

1716, from plagiary "plagiarist" (see plagiarism) + -ize. Related: Plagiarized; plagiarizing.