cribbed
Took without credit
Cribbed means copied or plagiarized, especially by sneaking answers or text from somewhere: He cribbed the essay from Wikipedia, She cribbed answers from a classmate's test.
The word comes from crib as a container—originally to crib was to confine, then to pilfer, then specifically to steal someone's words or ideas.
Reproduced from original
- stolenTaken unlawfully
- liftedRaised upward
- borrowedTaken for temporary use
- appropriatedTook for one's use
pirated · plagiarized · cheated · filched · swiped · taken · poached · purloined
Confined by bars
- pennedWrote or confined
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- barredBlocked from entry
- coopedShut in tightly
hemmed · cramped · boxed-in · restricted · contained · corralled · fenced · pent-up
Function's rate of change
- imitativeCopying others' style
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
- borrowedTaken for temporary use
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
rehashed · unoriginal · stale · recycled · warmed-over · copycat · echoed · parroted
copied
Reproduced from original
appropriated · pirated · plagiarized · cheated · filched · swiped · taken · poached · purloined · snatched
caged
Confined by bars
cooped · hemmed · cramped · boxed-in · restricted · contained · corralled · fenced · pent-up · bounded
derivative
Function's rate of change
- imitativeCopying others' style
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
- borrowedTaken for temporary use
hackneyed · rehashed · unoriginal · stale · recycled · warmed-over · copycat · echoed · parroted · regurgitated
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