pla·gia·rize Audio pronunciation of "Plagiarize" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (plj-rz)
v. pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing, pla·gia·riz·es
v. tr.
1. To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
2. To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).
v. intr.
To put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another.
plagia·rizer n.
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Main Entry: pla·gia·rize
Pronunciation: 'plA-j&-"rIz
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -rized; -riz·ing
Etymology: from plagiary plagiarist, from Latin plagiarius, literally, kidnapper, from plagium netting of game, kidnapping, from plaga net
transitive verb : to copy and pass off (the expression of ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's work) without crediting the source <the book contained plagiarized material —Smith v. Little, Brown & Co., 265 Federal Reporter Supp. 451 (1965)> intransitive verb : to present as new and original an idea or work derived from an existing source —pla·gia·rism /-"ri-z&m/ noun —pla·gia·rist /-rist/ noun
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Plagiarize
\Pla"gia*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagiarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Plagiarizing.] To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Plagiarize
v : take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarise, lift]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University