as in to reproduce
to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
He plagiarized a classmate's report.
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Recent Examples of plagiarize
The research misconduct allegations keep coming at Harvard, as a leading neuroscientist is now under the microscope for possibly falsifying data and plagiarizing images in his groundbreaking research about aggressive brain tumors and stem cells.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
News outlets have argued that OpenAI and Microsoft — which is in business with OpenAI and also has been sued by The Mercury News — have plagiarized and stole its articles, undermining their business models.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
First, her alliance relationship with Travis Kelce made her into football’s biggest star, and now she’s solidified her truce with another powerful group of straight men: annoying frat bros who love to plagiarize.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
The song wouldn’t be released until the following year, at which point the rising pop star would be called out for plagiarizing its lyrics from a popular Tumblr post.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
News outlets have argued that OpenAI and Microsoft — which is in business with OpenAI and also has been sued by The Mercury News — have plagiarized and stole its articles, undermining their business models.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
First, her alliance relationship with Travis Kelce made her into football’s biggest star, and now she’s solidified her truce with another powerful group of straight men: annoying frat bros who love to plagiarize.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
The song wouldn’t be released until the following year, at which point the rising pop star would be called out for plagiarizing its lyrics from a popular Tumblr post.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarize
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This was seen by more than one million people on X and was reproduced extensively on social media and legacy media outlets.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Evans reproduces an illustration from an 1816 catalog of Sheffield iron products showing nine different hoes.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Feb. 2025
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Director Brittany Burch has forged a production very much in the Gift Theatre tradition of immersive daring, although that company’s bigger current home at Filament Theatre allows for more expansive experimentation.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Predictably, secret alliances are formed, surprising bonds are forged and betrayals, well, are an everyday occurrence.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Inspired by the Panama diary invented in 1908, the notebook is lightweight, portable and the ideal travel companion.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The one-legged 3 was not invented this season—Curry actually made one in a game all the way back in 2013.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Einstein need to learn how to manipulate concrete Just after the announcement that a new jail was coming, Einstein began plotting, according to FBI records.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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The film’s core theme, that random events shape our fate and everything could have been different, is cribbed from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blind Chance (1987).—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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The concept of Moneyball—cribbed from Michael Lewis’s best seller about the cash-strapped and efficiency-obsessed Oakland A’s—has long since permeated pro sports.—
Jordan Sargent,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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