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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

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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