plagiarize — to use another person's ideas or work and pretend that it is your own
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to use another person's ideas or work and pretend that it is your own
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz/
Example Sentences
- My lazy roommate tried to plagiarize my cooking recipe and claim he invented 'kimchi pasta'.
- The famous author was caught plagiarizing entire paragraphs from a 19th-century novel.
- She didn't realize that plagiarizing her sister's diary for her creative writing assignment was ethically wrong.
plagiarize
VERB[/ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz/]
to use another person's ideas or work and pretend that it is your own
Instead of writing his own story, the lazy writer erased the real author's name to plagiarize the book.
PLAG(plug) + IAR(liar) — attaching a secret PLUG to steal data makes you a dirty LIAR who plagiarizes.
To easily win the giant golden prize, he stole his friend's painting to plagiarize.
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Origin
Derived from Latin plagiarius, meaning 'kidnapper' or 'abductor'. In ancient Rome, the theft of another person's slave was conceptually equated with the theft of another person's written work, leading to the word's semantic extension to literary theft.
Breakdown
plagiarius (kidnapper/abductor) + -ize (verb-forming suffix) = plagiarize. The root plagiarius originally denoted the crime of kidnapping, later applied metaphorically to the appropriation of another's intellectual property.
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📝Examples
“My lazy roommate tried to plagiarize my cooking recipe and claim he invented 'kimchi pasta'.”
“The famous author was caught plagiarizing entire paragraphs from a 19th-century novel.”
“She didn't realize that plagiarizing her sister's diary for her creative writing assignment was ethically wrong.”
“Students who plagiarize face serious consequences including suspension.”
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