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
Mexican authorities accused sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.
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Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
New artificial intelligence uses South Florida school districts have decided to embrace the use of artificial intelligence, which also has raised alarm by some due to its potential to help students cheat or plagiarize.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
She was accused of plagiarizing parts of her 2012 book and doctoral dissertation at Columbia University.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 12 May 2025
Charleston has been the subject of conservative criticism in the past, facing allegations that much of her academic writing was plagiarized from her husband, LaVar Charleston.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
New artificial intelligence uses South Florida school districts have decided to embrace the use of artificial intelligence, which also has raised alarm by some due to its potential to help students cheat or plagiarize.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
She was accused of plagiarizing parts of her 2012 book and doctoral dissertation at Columbia University.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 12 May 2025
Charleston has been the subject of conservative criticism in the past, facing allegations that much of her academic writing was plagiarized from her husband, LaVar Charleston.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarize
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This is the company’s guiding philosophy and aims to reproduce audio just as the artist intended with lifelike realism, emotional depth and spatial precision.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This Imperial Beach restaurant plans to reproduce its business at Terminal 1.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Nick's inability to forgive Noah creates what appears to be an impenetrable barrier between them, with each focused on forging their own professional paths.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.—
Riley Hoffman,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The genius was a man named Joel Houghton, who invented and patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1850.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Zambia also invented the walking safari.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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When writers see and manipulate structure, words become poetry.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cyrus was quick to defend herself, implying her words had been manipulated by the Times.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Mazda cribbed the recipe from British sports cars of the 1960s but crucially added something those cars lacked—bulletproof reliability and economy-car running costs.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Here's a quick guide to griddle-seasoning and care, and a few pieces of gear that'll help you along the way—with some advice cribbed from pros at the best griddle makers, like Blackstone, Weber, and Traeger.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
6 Aug. 2025
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