Plagiarize
/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹaɪz/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 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. ambitransitive
"She was caught trying to plagiarize an article for her thesis."
- 2 take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property wordnet
Example
More examples"Creative people create, the non-creative plagiarize, all the others - translate."
Etymology
From plagiary + -ize, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).