plagiarise
verb
plagiarise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of plagiarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-L-A-G-I-A-R-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does plagiarise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of plagiarize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of plagiarise
- plagiarises present, singular, he/she/it
- plagiarising participle, present
- plagiarised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is plagiarise?
Plagiarise appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does plagiarise come from?
From plagiary + -ise, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).