1. copied someone else’s work dishonestly, especially during a test or assignment
Usage: informal
2. confined or restricted in a small space

Examples

• The student cribbed answers from his neighbor during the math exam.
• She cribbed most of her essay from online sources without citing them.
• The teacher suspected he had cribbed his homework from a classmate.
• The horses were cribbed in the small stable during the storm.
• He felt cribbed in the tiny apartment with no room to move around.
• The detective cribbed notes from the case file for his report.