Synonyms of cribbed

cribbed 1 of 2

adjective

as in copied

Related Words

• copied
• plagiarized
• canned
• formulaic
• unoriginal
• imitation
• mimic
• imitative
• emulative
• slavish
• mock
• photocopied
• mimetic
• reproduced
• transcribed
• simulated
• duplicated
• substitute
• synthetic
• apish
• bogus
• reduplicated
• artificial
• fake
• epigonic
• sham
• factitious
• misleading
• backup
• forged
• false
• deceptive
• uninspired
• fraudulent
• perfunctory
• man-made
• counterfeit
• cut-and-dried
• routine

Dissimilar Words

• original
• true
• legitimate
• bona fide
• real
• authentic
• archetypal
• natural
• genuine
• classic
• ideal
• model

cribbed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of crib

as in reproduced

to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else

She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.

Related Words

• reproduced
• plagiarized
• invented
• forged
• manipulated
• simulated
• counterfeited
• duplicated
• replicated
• phonied
• concocted
• faked
• juggled
• reduplicated
• adulterated
• tampered (with)
• doctored
• cooked (up)
• fabricated
• fudged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cribbed

Verb

Facing the less-than-impressed detectives, Bret puts forth his theory of the Trawler, which he’s largely cribbed from Joan Didion’s writing on Charles Manson. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

All eight club tracks follow the same basic template, one cribbed from Midwestern producers like Boo Williams and Paul Johnson, as well as early, ravey Daft Punk and, in particular, the take-no-prisoners cutups of Germany’s Soundhack. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

The colorway is also cribbed from that used to reveal the Air Jordan 28, as a black upper gives way to a highlighter green inner layer and shroud branding, as well as a translucent blue outsole. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Feb. 2026

Many of its principles were cribbed from other sources, like Apple’s terms of service and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. — Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 21 Jan. 2026

But there's something a bit anticlimactic about ending it in that basement, as if the characters never had lives outside the archetypes the show made for them, cribbed from a role-playing game. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025

Noah is constantly making sermons or toasts cribbed from Talmud for Netflix Subscribers. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025