Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense plagiarizes, present participle plagiarizing, past tense, past participle plagiarizedregional note: in BRIT, also use plagiarise
verb
If someone plagiarizes another person's idea or work, they use it or copy it and pretend that they thought of it or created it.
Moderates are plagiarizing his ideas in hopes of wooing voters. [VERB noun]
The poem employs as its first lines a verse plagiarized from a billboard. [V-ed + from]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: copy, steal, appropriate, borrow More Synonyms of plagiarize
plagiarize in British English
or plagiarise (ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz)
verb
to appropriate (ideas, passages, etc) from (another work or author)
Derived forms
plagiarizer (ˈplagiaˌrizer) or plagiariser (ˈplagiaˌriser)
noun
plagiarize in American English
(ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈplagiaˌrized or ˈplagiaˌrizing
to take (ideas, writings, etc.) from (another) and pass them off as one's own
Derived forms
plagiarizer (ˈplagiaˌrizer)
noun
Word origin
see plagiary
Quotations
Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes, Remember why the good Lord made your eyesErnest LehmanLobachevski
In other languages
plagiarize
British English: plagiarize VERB
If someone plagiarizes another person's idea or work, they use it or copy it and pretend that they thought of it or created it.
Moderates are plagiarizing his ideas in hopes of wooing voters.
American English: plagiarize
Brazilian Portuguese: plagiar
Chinese: 剽窃
European Spanish: plagiar
French: plagier
German: plagiieren
Italian: plagiare
Japanese: 剽窃する
Korean: 표절하다
European Portuguese: plagiar
Latin American Spanish: plagiar
(verb)
Definition
to steal ideas or passages from (another's work) and present them as one's own
He was accused of plagiarizing copyrighted material.
Synonyms
copy
steal
They solved the problem by stealing an idea from nature.
appropriate
What do they think about your appropriating their music and culture?
borrow
I borrowed his words for my book's title.
pirate
pirating copies of music tapes
infringe
lift (informal)
a cartoonish device lifted from a Laurel and Hardy sequence
crib (informal)
He had been caught cribbing in an exam.
thieve
Quotation
Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes, Remember why the good Lord made your eyes [Ernest Lehman – Lobachevski]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of appropriate
Definition
to take for one's own use without permission
What do they think about your appropriating their music and culture?
Synonyms
steal,
take,
nick (slang, British),
pocket,
trouser (slang),
pinch (informal),
pirate,
poach,
swipe (slang),
lift (informal),
knock off (slang),
heist (US, slang),
embezzle,
blag (slang),
pilfer,
misappropriate,
snitch (slang),
purloin,
filch,
plagiarize,
thieve,
peculate (literary)
in the sense of borrow
Definition
to adopt (ideas, words, etc.) from another source
I borrowed his words for my book's title.
Synonyms
steal,
take,
use,
copy,
adopt,
appropriate,
acquire,
pinch (informal),
pirate,
poach,
pilfer,
filch,
plagiarize
in the sense of crib
Definition
to copy (someone's work) dishonestly
He had been caught cribbing in an exam.
Synonyms
copy,
cheat,
pirate,
pilfer,
purloin (formal),
plagiarize,
pass off as your own work
Synonyms of 'plagiarize'
plagiarize
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of lift
Definition
to plagiarize (music or writing)
a cartoonish device lifted from a Laurel and Hardy sequence
Synonyms
steal,
take,
copy,
appropriate,
nick (slang, British),
pocket,
trouser (slang),
pinch (informal),
pirate,
cabbage (British, slang),
knock off (slang),
crib (informal),
half-inch (old-fashioned, slang),
blag (slang),
pilfer,
purloin (formal),
plagiarize,
thieve
in the sense of pirate
Definition
to sell or reproduce (artistic work, ideas, etc.) illegally
pirating copies of music tapes
Synonyms
copy,
steal,
reproduce,
bootleg,
lift (informal),
appropriate,
borrow,
poach,
crib (informal),
plagiarize
in the sense of steal
Definition
to use (someone else's ideas or work) without acknowledgment
They solved the problem by stealing an idea from nature.