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Whewell was cribbing from a century-old custom at the French Academy of Sciences in Paris of writing reports that evaluated inventions and discoveries in the service of the king.

From Nature • Apr. 18, 2016

So if Lehrer was cribbing only from himself, the what's-all-the-fuss-o-sphere wanted to know, who precisely was harmed?

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2012

Whether he was cribbing off my colleague’s work or relying on his own reporting, Clayton said over the weekend that McNabb will be worth, you guessed it, a sixth or seventh rounder.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2011

And after that I saw him pull a paper out of his sleeve--you know the kind I mean, the ones they fasten to an elastic--and he was cribbing his answers from that.

From Dick Randall The Young Athlete by Clark, Ellery H.