1. copied someone else’s work, ideas, or words and presented them as one’s own without giving credit
Usage: past tense of plagiarize

Examples

• The student plagiarized entire paragraphs from online sources.
• She was expelled after it was discovered she had plagiarized her thesis.
• The author plagiarized several passages from other novels.
• He plagiarized his friend’s essay and submitted it as his own work.
• The journalist was fired when editors found he had plagiarized articles.
• Many students don’t realize they have plagiarized when they forget to cite sources.