ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ˌrīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: plagiary + -ize
transitive verb
: to steal and pass off as one's own (the ideas or words of another) : use (a created production) without crediting the source
a learned book of his … had been coolly plagiarized and issued in short version — Times Literary Supplement
intransitive verb
: to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source