plagiarize

Etymology

From plagiary + -ize, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.

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