plagiarizeyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[plagiarize 词源字典]
plagiarize: [17] Latin plagium meant ‘kidnapping’ – it was a derivative of plaga ‘net’. From it was formed plagārius ‘kidnapper’, which was used metaphorically by the epigrammatist Martial for ‘literary thief’ – the sense in which the word reached English.
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plagiarize (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1716, from plagiary "plagiarist" (see plagiarism) + -ize. Related: Plagiarized; plagiarizing.