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Crib (Verb)

Use a crib, as in an exam.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

I won't be able to pass my math exam if I crib from my neighbor's paper.
The student got caught trying to crib answers off a fellow classmate's test during the final exam.
She often worried about her classmates who would crib and not even study for their exams.
In an attempt to prevent students from cribbing, the instructors changed the seating arrangement during exams.
The teacher introduced an open-book exam format to reduce the tendency among students to crib during tests.

Line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Workers began to crib the massive hole for the new skyscraper's foundation with steel beams.
To prevent the sides from caving in, they decided to crib the long trench with sturdy wooden planks.
The engineers planned to crib the shaft carefully to allow for the safe installation of the elevator system.
The team will need to crib the pit for the underground parking garage before pouring the concrete foundation.
Crews spent hours cribbing the deep pit for the new pool to ensure the walls remained stable during construction.

Take unauthorized (intellectual material).

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

The student got caught cribbing answers from their neighbor during the exam.
She was accused of cribbing lines from her favorite movie in her own screenplay.
He was kicked out of the competition for cribbing someone else's work and passing it off as his own.
The journalist was fired for cribbing quotes from other news outlets without giving proper credit.
The singer's career was ruined after it was discovered she had been cribbing lyrics from other artists.