"A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable." -
Thomas Jefferson in a letter to John Adams, September 8, 1817.
Main Entry: pla·gia·rize
Pronunciation: \ˈplā-jə-ˌrīz also -jē-ə-\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): pla·gia·rized; pla·gia·riz·ing
Etymology: plagiary
Date: 1716
transitive verb
: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use
(another's production) without crediting the source
intransitive verb
: to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product
derived from an existing source
— pla·gia·riz·er noun
"plagiarize." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
Merriam-Webster Online. 10 November 2009