How to pronounce plagiarize
American English pronunciation
PLAY-juh-ryze
- IPA
- /ˈpleɪdʒəˌɹaɪz/
- Syllables
- PLAY · juh · ryze (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What plagiarize means
To copy someone's work and pass it off as your own
In a sentence: Copying a report from the internet and calling it yours is plagiarizing.
Where it comes from: It goes back to a Latin word meaning "to kidnap."
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