Main Entry: pla·gia·rize

Pronunciation: \ˈplā-jə-ˌrīz also -jē-ə-\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): pla·gia·rized; pla·gia·riz·ing

Etymology: plagiary

Date: 1716

transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the sourceintransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

— pla·gia·riz·er noun