The meaning of Plagiarize

adjective

Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Usage examples:

This isn't the appropriate time or place

verb

Take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

Usage examples:

The accused had appropriated the property

Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

verb

Take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.

Usage examples:

He had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues

noun

A slope or other irregularity on a golf course which must be compensated for when playing a shot.

Usage examples:

I played the round in the company of an ancient caddie, unusually talkative for a scot, who shaped …

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Usage examples:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

verb

Short for cribbage.

Usage examples:

He would play crib with zest

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Usage examples:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

noun

A small cut or notch.

Usage examples:

A small nick on his wrist

verb

Make a nick or nicks in.

Usage examples:

He had nicked himself while shaving

verb

Go quickly or surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

They nicked across the road

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

Usage examples:

She pinched his cheek

noun

An act of pinching someone.

Usage examples:

He gave her a gentle pinch

verb

Squeeze tightly between the fingers

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Usage examples:

In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

verb

Cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.

Usage examples:

A breakfast of poached egg and grilled bacon

verb

Illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.

Usage examples:

20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks

verb

To cook something in water or another liquid that is almost boiling

Usage examples:

Poached eggs, [ t ] anybody you see with a piece of ivory has poached it., [ i ] foreign fishing bo…

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Usage examples:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

A bargain.

Usage examples:

At £59.95 it's an absolute steal

verb

Take without the owner's consent