plagiarise

/'pleidʤjəraiz/ Cách viết khác : (plagiarise) /'pleidʤjəraiz/

Thân thiện

A student plagiarises an essay by copying text from a website.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To take and use (the thoughts, writings, inventions, etc., of another person) as one's own without crediting the source: The act of copying someone else's work or ideas and presenting them as your own original creation, without giving proper acknowledgment.
   • To commit literary theft: To steal and pass off the intellectual property of another as one's own.

Usage

• Transitive Verb: The verb 'plagiarise' typically takes a direct object (the work or idea that is stolen).
  • The student was expelled for plagiarising a famous author's essay.
  • The journalist was accused of plagiarising several paragraphs from a competitor's article.
• Intransitive Verb: It can also be used without a direct object.
  • He was known to plagiarise frequently in his early career.

Examples

• Academic Context:
  • It is a serious academic offense to plagiarise from published research papers.
  • The professor warned the class not to plagiarise, as all submissions would be checked by plagiarism-detection software.
• Professional/Creative Context:
  • The songwriter was sued for plagiarising the melody of a classic hit.
  • The company was found to have plagiarised the design of its competitor's product.

Advanced Usage

• "to plagiarise from": To copy specifically from a particular source.
  • The article was found to plagiarise heavily from an obscure blog post.
• "to plagiarise oneself": To reuse one's own previously published work without proper citation, which can be considered a form of self-plagiarism in academic contexts.
  • The author was criticized for plagiarising himself by republishing the same chapter in two different books.

Variants and Related Words

• Plagiarism (n): The act or practice of plagiarising; the stolen material itself.
  • The university has a strict policy against plagiarism.
• Plagiarist (n): A person who plagiarises.
  • He was exposed as a plagiarist when the original sources were discovered.
• Plagiaristic (adj): Characteristic of or involving plagiarism.
  • The plagiaristic nature of the work was undeniable.

Synonyms

• Copy: To make a similar or identical version of something.
• Pirate: To reproduce or use (another's work) without permission.
• Infringe: To actively violate, especially a law or right (e.g., copyright infringement).
• Appropriate: To take for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(Note: 'Plagiarise' itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The action is typically expressed with prepositions like 'from'.) - To pass off as one's own: A common construction describing the act of plagiarism. - He attempted to pass off the copied software code as his own original work.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• To steal someone's thunder: To take credit for another person's idea or achievement. (This is a related concept but is more about credit than direct copying.)
• Literary theft: A direct synonym for the act of plagiarism.

Học thuật

Verb

1. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

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