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to plagiarize

to plagiarize

23 6.8
To copy someone else's words or ideas and claim them as your own without saying where they came from
  • verb
  • /ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz/
  • US
translation icon : plagiar
  • You have plagiarized these pages.
  • plagiarize a paper
  • student who plagiarizes
  • plagiarized work

He said after what you said about me plagiarizing the book, what did you expect me to do?

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Examples

  • I plagiarized my book.

    Day Zero (2007)

  • The teacher warned that if you plagiarize your essay, you will fail the course.

  • Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us?

    Good Will Hunting (1997)

  • You just plagiarize other people's thoughts.

  • You mean he plagiarized your work?

    All at Once (2016)

  • Mrs. Penn: Well, since you did plagiarize the report, I could give you an F.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Participants first read a description of a college student who had plagiarized a research paper.

    Academic text (2007)

  • When publishing or presenting research or other work, school psychologists do not plagiarize the works or ideas of others.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Raj Amarasekara has personally plagiarized 7 research papers, all available online.

    Miss Sloane (2016)

  • He plagiarized it.

    Duplicity (2009)

Synonyms

to borrow
vsto plagiarize
107 2.6

To take an idea or method from someone else and use it as your own

involves presenting others' work openly as one's own without proper credit
to lift
vsto plagiarize
17 7.5

To use someone else's words or ideas without giving credit

includes any ideas, words, or work presented as one's own without credit
to plunder
vsto plagiarize
7 6.6

To take someone else's ideas or work and use them as your own without permission

refers mainly to claiming others' work as one's own without proper acknowledgment
to dip one's pen in someone else's inkwell
vsto plagiarize
  • Archaic
9.9

To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit

involves passing off others' ideas as personal creation rather than subtle borrowing
to co-opt
vsto plagiarize
7.2

Use someone else's idea as your own without permission

focuses specifically on claiming others' work as one's own without giving credit

Antonyms

to attribute
228 3.8

To say that something comes from a person or thing

to acknowledge
72 3.5

To say thank you for help or support

How Original

to create
638 3.4
to adapt
178 3.2
to paraphrase
64 4.1
to plagiarize
  • US
23 6.8
to copy
177 1.0

Surface Forms

plagiarize infinitive
plagiarized past
plagiarized past participle
plagiarizing present participle
plagiarizes third person singular

Morphology

plagiarize = plagiarism (transparent) = plagiar + ize

The verb is a standard formation from the noun 'plagiarism' using the productive suffix '-ize', so its meaning 'to commit plagiarism' is directly derived.

Etymology

Plagiarize comes from the old Latin word plagiarius, which meant 'kidnapper' or someone who steals people, and people began using it for stealing writing instead. So, to plagiarize is like 'kidnapping' another person's words or ideas and pretending they are your own.