GRE Word List
PLAGIARIZE
to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
The meaning of the word plagiarize is to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source.
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