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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
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pla·gia·rize     (plā'jə-rīz')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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plagiarized

adjective
copied and passed off as your own; "used plagiarized data in his thesis"; "a work dotted with plagiarized phrases" [syn: plagiaristic] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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