Plagiarize (verb)

1. To use someone else"s work or ideas and present them as one"s own.
2. To steal or pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own.

Origin:

The word plagiarize comes from the latin word plagiarius, which means kidnapper. it is used to describe the act of using someone else"s work or ideas and presenting them as one"s own.

Examples:

1. He was accused of plagiarizing his research paper.
2. She plagiarized parts of her novel from another author's work.
3. The student was caught plagiarizing from an online source.
4. The company was sued for plagiarizing the design of the product.
5. The researcher was fired for plagiarizing his colleague's work.