verb
- copying someone else’s work, ideas, or words and presenting them as your own without giving credit
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is ‘plagiarizing’
Examples
- The student was caught plagiarising passages from online articles.
- She was accused of plagiarising her colleague’s research.
- The author denied plagiarising content from other books.
- Plagiarising someone’s work can result in serious academic consequences.
- The software helps detect when students are plagiarising their essays.
- He was expelled for repeatedly plagiarising assignments.