Definition of Plagiarize

1. Verb. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. "They plagiarize the newspapers"


Definition of Plagiarize

1. v. t. To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

Definition of Plagiarize

1. Verb. (''transitive'' or ''intransitive'') To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plagiarize

1. [v -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plagiarize

plagiarhythms
plagiaries
plagiarisation
plagiarise
plagiarised
plagiariser
plagiarisers
plagiarises
plagiarising
plagiarism
plagiarisms
plagiarist
plagiaristic
plagiarists
plagiarization
plagiarize (current term)
plagiarized
plagiarizer
plagiarizers
plagiarizes
plagiarizing
plagiary
plagihedral
plagio-
plagiocephalic
plagiocephalies
plagiocephalism
plagiocephalous
plagioclase

Literary usage of Plagiarize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"One may paraphrase a. work with worthy motive for homiletic, devotional, or other purposes (as in the metrical versions of the Psalms), or he may plagiarize ..."

2. English Synonyms and Antonyms, with Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1896)
"One may paraphrase a work with worthy motive for homiletic, devotional, or other purposes (as in the metrical versions of the Psalms), or he may plagiarize ..."

3. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"plagiarism, cheating by copying (as on school examinations). plagiarize ... cheat by copying, plagiarize. plague ..."

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