plagiarize
pronunciation
How to pronounce plagiarize in British English:
UK [ˈpleɪdʒəraɪz]
How to pronounce plagiarize in American English:
US [ˈpledʒəˌraɪz]
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- Verb:
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Word Origin
- plagiarize
- plagiarize: [17] Latin plagium meant ‘kidnapping’ – it was a derivative of plaga ‘net’. From it was formed plagārius ‘kidnapper’, which was used metaphorically by the epigrammatist Martial for ‘literary thief’ – the sense in which the word reached English.
- plagiarize (v.)
- 1716, from plagiary "plagiarist" (see plagiarism) + -ize. Related: Plagiarized; plagiarizing.
Example
- 1. How to ruin your website completely - plagiarize !
- 2. Anyone who follows the blog retraction watch knows that scientists sometimes fudge numbers or plagiarize .
- 3. A new study about the sources students plagiarize analyzed over 9 million high school student papers and more than 24 million college student papers .
- 4. Actually , I also think there 's no reason for professor song to plagiarize .
- 5. Have picture to have truth : the late program of spring plagiarize the japan animated cartoon unexpectedly !