plagiarize
To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other…To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.
» She accused me of plagiarizing my essay.
Meaning
1 sensesTo use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.
She was caught trying to plagiarize an article for her thesis.
It’s unethical to plagiarize someone else’s work for personal gain.
plagiieren, geistigen Diebstahl begehen, abkupfern
занима́ться плагиа́томzanimátʹsja plagiátom, спи́сыватьspísyvatʹ, списа́тьspisátʹ
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Examples
10 sentencesShe accused me of plagiarizing my essay.
He was plagiarizing those poems verse by verse.
Creative people create, the non-creative plagiarize, all the others - translate.
ruТворческие люди творят, нетворческие - плагиатят, все остальные - переводят.
deKreative Menschen schaffen, die unkreativen kupfern ab, alle anderen - übersetzen.
My sentences are original: this is why those who shamelessly plagiarize me denounce themselves.
Your father plagiarized you.
Translations
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Forms
plagiarizes, plagiarizing, plagiarized, plagiarized| Base form | plagiarize · to plagiarize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | plagiarizes |
| Present participle | plagiarizing |
| Past simple | plagiarized |
| Past participle | plagiarized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle