Dictionary

plagiarize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹaɪz/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpleɪd͡ʒi.əɹaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English plagiarize From plagiary + -ize, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) 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 was caught trying to plagiarize an article for her thesis.
   • It’s unethical to plagiarize someone else’s work for personal gain.
   • Students should learn to write in their own words and avoid plagiarizing.

Forms

Deriveds

plagiarization · plagiarizer · plagiarizable

Relateds

plagiarism

Synonyms

cog · lift · crib · rip off · knock off

Translations (32)

eo plagiati (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · pt plagiar (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · de plagiieren (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ru списа́ть (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ro plagia (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · fi plagioida (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · de guttenbergen (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · de geistigen Diebstahl begehen (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · es fusilar (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · gu સાહિત્યચોરવું (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · es plagiar (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · mi tārua whānako (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · cmn 抄襲 /抄袭 (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ca plagiar (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · de abkupfern (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · it plagiare (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · mnc ᠰᠠᡵᡴᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · bg плагиатствам (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · cmn 剽竊 /剽窃 (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · mi whānako kōrero (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · gl plaxiar (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · el λογοκλοπώ (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ar اِنْتَحَلَ (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ru спи́сывать (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · fr plagier (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · pl zrzynać (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ru занима́ться плагиа́том (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · pl plagiatować (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · ga bradaíl a dhéanamh (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · cy llên-ladrata (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · sv plagiera (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) · io plajiar (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech)