Meaning
to plagiarize, brainwash
- To copy someone else's work, ideas, or words and pass them off as one's own; to plagiarize.
- To mentally manipulate or brainwash someone to subject them to one's will.
In a sentence
Lo studente è stato espulso per aver plagiato la tesi di laurea.
The student was expelled for having plagiarized his degree thesis.
Quella setta cercava di plagiare i giovani adepti con rigide regole.
That sect tried to brainwash the young followers with strict rules.
Molti ritengono che l'autore abbia plagiato la trama di un romanzo straniero.
Many believe that the author plagiarized the plot of a foreign novel.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| plagiare | infinitive |
| plagio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| plagi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| plagia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| plagiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| plagiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| plagiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| plagiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| plagiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| plagiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| plagiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| plagiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| plagiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| plagiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| plagiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| plagiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| plagiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| plagiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| plagiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| plagerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| plagerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| plagerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| plageremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| plagerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| plageranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| plagi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| plagi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| plagi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| plagiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| plagiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| plagino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| plagiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| plagiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| plagiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| plagiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| plagiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| plagiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| plagerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| plageresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| plagerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| plageremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| plagereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| plagerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| plagia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| plagiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| plagiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| plagiando | gerund |
| plagiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- In Italian legal/psychological contexts, often means 'to brainwash' or 'unduly influence'.