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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pla•gia•rism /ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act of stealing another's ideas, written passages, concepts, etc., as one's own:The teacher suspected plagiarism when the student handed in a paper that relied heavily on the ideas of Emerson but never mentioned him.
a piece of writing so taken or used:[countable]His speech contained a plagiarism from a British politician. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pla•gia•rize /ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪz/USA pronunciation v., -rized, -riz•ing. - Literatureto steal by plagiarism: [~ + object]He plagiarized the ideas as his own.[no object]They were pretty sure he had plagiarized, but it was hard to prove.
pla•gia•rist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pla•gia•rism (plā′jə riz′əm, -jē ə riz′-),USA pronunciation n. - Literaturethe unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
- Literaturesomething used and represented in this manner.
- plagiar(y) + -ism 1615–25
pla′gia•rist, n. pla′gia•ris′tic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pla•gia•rize (plā′jə rīz′, -jē ə rīz′),USA pronunciation v., -rized, -riz•ing. v.t. - Literatureto take and use by plagiarism.
- Literatureto take and use ideas, passages, etc., from (another's work) by plagiarism.
v.i. - Literatureto commit plagiarism.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] pla′gia•rise′. - plagiar(ism) + -ize 1710–20
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