plagiarise

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A form of plagiarize — 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.

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OriginLatin plagiare →
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Meanings

verbplagiarise (third-person singular simple present plagiarises, present participle plagiarising, simple past and past participle plagiarised)

present singular third person plagiarises · participle present plagiarising · participle past plagiarised · past plagiarised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of plagiarize.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinplagiare“to kidnap, to abduct”
  2. Englishplagiarise

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

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APA

plagiarise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plagiarise

MLA

“plagiarise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plagiarise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plagiarise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plagiarise.

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