verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of plagiarize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
2. 2
   take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

liftplagiarizeplagiarize

Example

More examples

"If you plagiarise my sentences, then I will plagiarise yours."

Etymology

From plagiary + -ise, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).

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