noun
- a person who copies or plagiarizes the work of another, especially a student who cheats by copying answers or assignments
- a person or animal that uses a crib or manger for feeding
Usage: informal; often used in academic contexts
Usage: rare; archaic
Examples
- The teacher caught the cribber red-handed with answers copied directly from the answer key.
- Several cribbers were expelled from the school for submitting identical essays.
- He was known as a cribber who never did his own homework.
- The exam proctor was trained to identify cribbers using unauthorized notes.
- Cribbers often face serious academic consequences including failing grades.