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Definition of plagiarizer - 2 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.
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