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Verb: plagiarize  'pley-ju`rIz
  1. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
    "Technology can be used to cheat or plagiarize"
    - plagiarise [Brit], lift

Derived forms: plagiarizing, plagiarized, plagiarizes

See also: plagiarism, plagiarist, plagiarization

Type of: steal

Encyclopedia: Plagiarize