Plagiaristic (Adjective)
Meaning
Copied and passed off as your own; "used plagiarized data in his thesis"; "a work dotted with plagiarized phrases".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The professor was shocked to discover that the student's essay contained several plagiaristic passages lifted verbatim from online sources.
- The journalist's career was ruined when it was discovered that she had used plagiaristic quotations in her award-winning article.
- The company's website was shut down after it was found to contain plagiaristic content stolen from a rival firm's site.
- The teacher suspected that the pupil's homework contained plagiaristic answers copied from a study guide.
- The author's bestselling novel was marred by allegations of plagiaristic borrowing from a lesser-known writer.