plagiarize

[ pley-juh-rahyz, -jee-uh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing.

1. to take and use by plagiarism.
2. to take and use ideas, passages, etc., from (another's work) by plagiarism.

verb (used without object)

, pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing.

1. to commit plagiarism.

plagiarize

/ ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz /

verb

1. to appropriate (ideas, passages, etc) from (another work or author)

Derived Forms

• ˈplagiaˌrizer, noun

Other Words From

• plagia·rizer noun
• un·plagia·rized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of plagiarize¹

First recorded in 1710–20; plagiar(ism) + -ize

Example Sentences

“We strike,” he said, “so that the new me doesn’t come to this country, and instead of writing their own favorite story through their own eyes, find that they can’t, because studios would rather use AI to plagiarize mine without my consent.”

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the plagiarism issue jumped this week from the conservative press to the left-tilting legacy media, including the Boston Globe, which asked in a staff editorial, “Did Claudine Gay plagiarize or not? Harvard should be clear.”

From Washington Times

In a Sunday editorial, the Boston Globe asked, “Did Claudine Gay plagiarize or not? Harvard should be clear.”

From Washington Times

OK, so we won’t have take-home essays and we won’t have assignments that students can easily plagiarize using ChatGPT.

From New York Times

"All it does is plagiarize what has been fed into the system and is not capable of writing anything."

From BBC

Related Words

• paraphrase