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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See plagiarize.

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  • verb Alternative spelling of plagiarize.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

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Examples

  • Sorry to plagiarise such a brilliant play but it fits … on April 28, 2010 at 2: 33 pm Howard

    7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Ouch! on January 6, 2009 at 7: 44 pm | Reply Nightjohn evil poor, cannonrail estate, paraphrase Dickens, plagiarise Heinlein

    As Worn By ‘F Division’ Response Teams! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • But, yeah, the point is, if you pass on your ticket to a passing acquaintance and they mercilessly plagiarise the fiction or stick the mp3 up on the interwebs for anyone to download, it's not that my "intellectual property" has been "stolen" (or "liberated," for that matter); it's just an abuse of the service, a breach of the artist-audience contract.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • But, yeah, the point is, if you pass on your ticket to a passing acquaintance and they mercilessly plagiarise the fiction or stick the mp3 up on the interwebs for anyone to download, it's not that my "intellectual property" has been "stolen" (or "liberated," for that matter); it's just an abuse of the service, a breach of the artist-audience contract.

    Gigging for Groats Hal Duncan 2010

  • Or at least the version of it school pupils are most likely to plagiarise.

    What happened to the dear old silly season? | Carole Cadwalladr 2011

  • I didn't plagiarise anything and they never gave me the option to remove my name from the cover.

    Uganda, Homosexuality, and the Rest of Africa Lauri 2010

  • I didn't plagiarise anything and they never gave me the option to remove my name from the cover.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Lauri 2010

  • #10 - While it is true that the majority of movies plagiarise, I agree with Hattori 100% on his view of Avatar.

    Rotten Tomatoes Reveals 2009's Golden Tomato Awards Films « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • Now other comics have complained that they are not all necessarily his own, hand-tooled products and that by posting them he is breaking that unwritten agreement not to plagiarise working comics 'material.

    This week: Conrad Black, Nick Griffin and Keith Chegwin 2010

  • Since the idea of learning has of late been distilled into at best, a set of instructions, and at worst, the ability to plagiarise at will, perhaps Gove's plans for the revival of a liberal education may, with its "benefit to the soul" create a few more Wilberforces and few less Ballses. blooKat

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

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