PLAGIARIZE


Meaning of PLAGIARIZE in English

or plagiarise 'pleɪdʒərʌɪz

■ verb take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.

Derivatives

plagiarism noun

plagiarist noun

plagiaristic adjective

~r noun

Origin

C18 (earlier (C17) as plagiarism ): from L. plagiarius 'kidnapper'.

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