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plagiarizes

plagiarizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plagiarize.

Meaning of plagiarize

Verb

plagiarize (third-person singular simple present plagiarizes, present participle plagiarizing, simple past and past participle plagiarized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.
    • She was caught trying to plagiarize an article for her thesis.
    Synonyms:
    cog, crib, knock off, lift, rip off

Questions about plagiarizes

What is plagiarizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plagiarizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plagiarize.

Words near plagiarizes in the dictionary

  1. plagiarizations
  2. plagiarize
  3. plagiarized
  4. plagiarizer
  5. plagiarizers
  6. plagiarizes
  7. plagiarizing
  8. plagiarizings
  9. plagiary
  10. plagiator
  11. plagiators

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