as in forging
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 plagiarizing
Both are easier than plagiarizing Wikipedia ever was!
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ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it.
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Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
Buster attended the same law school starting in 2018, but he was kicked out for low grades and allegedly plagiarizing in the summer of 2019, per The State.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
14 Nov. 2025
By their thinking, the AI company is a free-rider plagiarizing their movies and TV shows.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
After the political satirist used part of his Sunday show to blast Cain's recent decision to join the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the actor hit back, accusing the comedian of plagiarizing his jokes.
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Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Here's what happens to Indiana University students when they are caught plagiarizing.
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Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
Mexican authorities accused sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.
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Jeremy Mikula,
NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it.
—
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
Buster attended the same law school starting in 2018, but he was kicked out for low grades and allegedly plagiarizing in the summer of 2019, per The State.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
14 Nov. 2025
By their thinking, the AI company is a free-rider plagiarizing their movies and TV shows.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
After the political satirist used part of his Sunday show to blast Cain's recent decision to join the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the actor hit back, accusing the comedian of plagiarizing his jokes.
—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Here's what happens to Indiana University students when they are caught plagiarizing.
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Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
Mexican authorities accused sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.
—
Jeremy Mikula,
NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarizing
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The Drug Enforcement Administration responded to a home on the 400 block of West Chew Avenue on Thursday afternoon for an investigation of a person who was allegedly forging government documents, according to law enforcement sources.
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She is accused of fraudulently representing that the practice was owned by a licensed dentist in order to enroll with Medicaid and forging a licensed dentist’s signature on enrollment paperwork, prosecutors said.
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Facing long odds, Sydney commits to leading without reproducing the toxicity she’s witnessed from Carmy.
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Weaving may be the world’s oldest way of reproducing information—and computing is poised to become its final one.
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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.
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Join the team inventing impactful AI solutions to shape the future of finance.
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But the administration went further, inventing a requirement that Congress did not intend.
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But Swedish intelligence recently alleged the country was manipulating economic data and that the true inflation rate could be much higher, perhaps as high as 15%.
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Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a quick buck.
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“Plagiarizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarizing. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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