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plagiarize

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

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.

plagiarize

/ ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz /

verb

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


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Derived Forms

  • ˈplagiaˌrizer, noun

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Other Words From

  • plagia·rizer noun
  • un·plagia·rized adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plagiarize1

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

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Example Sentences

Fifteen of the 19 most viewed posts listed in the report were plagiarized from other posts that had previously gone viral on Facebook or another platform, according to an analysis from Casey Newton at The Verge.

Contextual targeting is fueling positive associationsNegative content — anything that is plagiarized, false, misleading or based on bias or insufficient evidence — plagues the online world.

From Digiday

Ultimately, the accusations of plagiarism did not amount to much—though the author of Saving April told the paper that she sometimes received online reviews claiming she plagiarized from Mallory, despite her book being published earlier.

From Time

Oracle accused Google of violating copyright laws by plagiarizing thousands of lines of code, suing the search giant for $9 billion.

From Quartz

The original logo had to be scrapped following accusations it was plagiarized from a theater in Belgium.

From Time

Could Hice be writing speeches for Perry, or did Perry pull a Rand Paul and plagiarize from Hice?

Entrant may not copy or otherwise plagiarize the Video Entry from any source.

I have no time to elaborate and polish it, but I give you the right to plagiarize it.

If you must plagiarize, do it from Pope, or Milton, or Gray.

The local correspondent did not plagiarize from the Chinaman: merely, the humorous bent of the two was identical.

It was the one conspicuous note in the fields around that the lark made no attempt to plagiarize.

Virgil in his Georgics almost seems to plagiarize from the description of Job.

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