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plagiarize (**플레이**져라이즈)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/

Korean meaning: 다른 사람의 아이디어나 작품을 도용하다, 표절하다

Korean pronunciation: **플레이**져라이즈

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

plagiarize concept
💡 Concept

A student plagiarizes by secretly copying another's exam answers

plagiarize rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Can't categorize or theorize, so they plagiarize!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz/

🌳Etymology

Rootplagiar
Suffix--ize

Origin

라틴어 'plagiarius'에서 유래되었는데, 이는 '납치범, 유괴범'을 의미했습니다. 고대 로마에서는 다른 사람의 노예를 훔치는 것과 다른 사람의 글을 훔치는 것을 같은 개념으로 봤어요.

🎵Rhyme

summarizecategorizetheorize
summarize
categorize
theorize

🔗Collocations

plagiarize content
plagiarize from someone
accidentally plagiarize
deliberately plagiarize
plagiarize ideas
plagiarize heavily

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

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.

😄 Fun example

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.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

copystealpirateappropriatelift

Antonyms

createoriginatecite

Related

plagiarismplagiaristcopyrightintellectual propertyattribution

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