plagiarizing

verb

present participle of plagiarize
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! — 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. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025 By their thinking, the AI company is a free-rider plagiarizing their movies and TV shows. — 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. — 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
  1. forging
  2. reproducing
  3. cribbing
  4. inventing
  5. manipulating
Verb
  • In forging a relationship with Darline Graham — who is new to politics but was a constant in her brother’s political career — Trump could be angling to develop another ally to help steer his agenda through the Senate.
    — Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • The dispute led to Anderson’s arrest last year after Foster accused her of forging his signature on a deed for the property, according to a Rockland/Westchester Journal News report.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
Definition of forging
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  • The pond is overstocked as a result of the fish naturally reproducing, Zibert said.
    — Zuri Primos July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Rather than simply reproducing the work, the designers transformed the painting’s floating metallic bells into a repeating pattern of pink and blue soccer balls.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of reproducing
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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
Definition of cribbing
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  • Today, the chain credited for inventing sliders is based in Ohio.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • The financial world will keep inventing new products, acronyms, and calculators.
    — byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Definition of inventing
Verb
  • The company has repeatedly denied manipulating election results and says its technology contains safeguards designed to detect irregularities.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The film sees the Laestrygonians reimagined as gargantuan armored knights who trap Odysseus’s men in cages formed by manipulating the forest woods, destroying two of his three ships in the process.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of manipulating

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