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pla·gia·rize (plājə rīz′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb plagiarized -·rized′, plagiarizing -·riz′·ing

to take (ideas, writings, etc.) from (another) and pass them off as one's own

Etymology: see plagiary

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plagiarize Usage Examples

Object

  • work: Copy, borrow, paraphrase or otherwise plagiarize work produced by anyone other than the student who will be submitting the dissertation.

Modifying Another Word

  • simply: Rather than simply plagiarize the Minutes which have already been circulated, we note here some of the high, ( and low!

Preposition: from

  • bash: Note: This feature was shamelessly plagiarized from bash.
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In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize†only be sure always to call it please 'research'.

-Lehrer,Tom (Thomas Andrew)

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