plagiarize
verb (used with object)
to take and use by plagiarism.
were plagiarizing
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past progressiveof plagiarize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When I taught English in China, it became clear that students were plagiarizing using online sources.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Fishback, said that his “unswerving moral rectitude” made him an exceptional soldier and academic but that in recent years he was overcome by paranoia that fellow academics were plagiarizing him and undermining his work.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
