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Definition of plagiarize - 4 dictionary results

pla⋅gia⋅rize

[pley-juh-rahyz, -jee-uh-rahyz] verb, -rized, -riz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
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)
3. to commit plagiarism.
Also, especially British, pla⋅gia⋅rise.


Origin:
1710–20; plagiar(ism) + -ize


pla⋅gia⋅riz⋅er, noun
pla·gia·rize   (plā'jə-rīz')   
v.   pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing, pla·gia·riz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
  2. To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).
v.   intr.
To put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another.
pla'gia·riz'er n.

Plagiarize

Pla"gia*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagiarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Plagiarizing.] To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).
Language Translation for : plagiarize
Spanish: plagiar,
German: abschreiben,
Japanese:

Main Entry: pla·gia·rize
Pronunciation: 'plA-j&-"rIz
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -rized; -riz·ing
Etymology: from plagiary plagiarist, from Latin plagiarius, literally, kidnapper, from plagium netting of game, kidnapping, from plaga net
transitive verb : to copy and pass off (the expression of ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's work) without crediting the source plagiarized material —Smith v. Little, Brown & Co., 265 Federal Reporter Supp. 451 (1965)> intransitive verb : to present as new and original an idea or work derived from an existing source —pla·gia·rism /-"ri-z&m/ nounpla·gia·rist /-rist/ noun
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