plagiarize

verb
UK: /ˈpleɪdʒəraɪz/
US: /ˈpleɪdʒərˌaɪz/

  1. To use someone else's work or ideas and pretend they are your own.

    1. Don't plagiarize someone else's ideas.
    2. Students must understand the consequences of attempting to plagiarize material.

  2. To take ideas, writings, etc. from another and pass them off as one's own.

    1. He didn't plagiarize this essay.
    2. The report accused her of attempting to plagiarize a colleague's work.

Synonyms

copy steal appropriate borrow crib lift
plagiarize adjective

  1. Having been copied or stolen and presented as one's own.

    1. This is plagiarized text.
    2. The professor identified several plagiarized passages in the student's paper.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "plagiarize" in English means: To use someone else's work or ideas and pretend they are your own., To take ideas, writings, etc. from another and pass them off as one's own..

The phonetic transcription of "plagiarize" is /ˈpleɪdʒəraɪz/ in British English and /ˈpleɪdʒərˌaɪz/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "plagiarize": copy, steal, appropriate, borrow, crib, lift.

Example usage of "plagiarize": "Don't plagiarize someone else's ideas.". More examples on the page.