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Verb: plagiarise  'pley-j(ee-)u,rIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: plagiarize)
  1. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
    "Technology can be used to cheat or plagiarise";
    - plagiarize, lift

Derived forms: plagiarising, plagiarises, plagiarised

Type of: rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal

Encyclopedia: Plagiarise