as in to reproduce
to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
He plagiarized a classmate's report.
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Recent Examples of plagiarize
This is the First Lady who plagiarized a speech by her nemesis Michelle Obama.
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Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1991, a committee of scholars concluded that King had plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree while a student at Boston University.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Instead, Playlab allows users to train chatbots to use customized prompts that don’t plagiarize or include bias.
—Brian Robin, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
But the emerging research is making clear that the ability to plagiarize is inherent to GPT-4 and all other major LLMs.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1991, a committee of scholars concluded that King had plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree while a student at Boston University.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Instead, Playlab allows users to train chatbots to use customized prompts that don’t plagiarize or include bias.
—Brian Robin, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
But the emerging research is making clear that the ability to plagiarize is inherent to GPT-4 and all other major LLMs.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarize
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Once a specific constraint is imposed, the mathematical model reproduces the exact behavior of the original nonreciprocal flock.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Among them, the friendship forged by the people of Lawrence and the Algerian team and visitors.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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The grief of last summer reverberates beyond the headlines about Heaven’s 27 and the messy social gulf the river forged.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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Remember Bonnie, the adorable five-year-old who inherited Andy’s old toys and, in a stroke of brilliance, invented one of her own by gluing a pair of googly eyes onto a cheap white spork?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
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What’s more, the category didn’t need to be invented from scratch.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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All of which speaks to just how powerful these genre conventions are in manipulating the viewer’s experience.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
7 Dec. 2025
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Another accused Beijing — which regards Taiwan as a renegade province to be incorporated into China, by force if necessary — of manipulating the election.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Although his personal favorite interpretation is Craig’s, the actor wanted to focus on the philosophical pillars of the character, rather than cribbing from anyone else’s work.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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This onslaught has led to a musical chairs of lawsuits and settlements—and, occasionally, partnerships—between the Big Three labels and the AI startups attempting to crib their artists’ styles.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Plagiarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarize. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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