plagiarize(v = verb.possession) lift, plagiarise - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property;
is one way to steal
Derived forms noun plagiarism₂, noun plagiarism₁, noun plagiarist₁, noun plagiarization₁, noun plagiarizer₁
Sample sentences: They plagiarize the newspapers

   To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another). [1913 Webster]

plagiarize, v.tr. (also -ise) (also absol.)
1 take and use (the thoughts, writings, inventions, etc. of another person) as one's own.
2 pass off the thoughts etc. of (another person) as one's own.

Derivative:
plagiarizer n.

Etymology:
L plagiarius kidnapper f. plagium a kidnapping f. Gk plagion

VB  steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.