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PLAGIARIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plagiarize mean? 

PLAGIARIZE (verb)
  The verb PLAGIARIZE has 1 sense:

1. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual propertyplay

  Familiarity information: PLAGIARIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAGIARIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they plagiarize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it plagiarizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: plagiarized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: plagiarized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: plagiarizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

lift; plagiarise; plagiarize

Hypernyms (to "plagiarize" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plagiarize"):

crib (take unauthorized (intellectual material))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They plagiarize the newspapers

Derivation:

plagiarism (the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own)

plagiarism (a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work)

plagiarist (someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own)

plagiarization (the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own)

plagiarizer (someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own)


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