piāoqiè

剽窃

Word · VerbTraditional剽竊

plagiarize; copy and steal

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to plagiarize; to copy and steal

formal

Used for serious acts of intellectual property theft, especially in academic, literary, or artistic contexts. It carries a strong negative connotation.

Zhè这
piān篇
lùn论
wén文
shè涉
xián嫌
piāo剽
qiè窃
tā他
rén人
de的
yán研
jiū究
chéng成
guǒ果
 。

This thesis is suspected of plagiarizing others' research results.

Rèn任
hé何
piāo剽
qiè窃
xíng行
wéi为
dōu都
jiāng将
shòu受
dào到
yán严
lì厉
de的
chǔ处
fá罚
 。

Any act of plagiarism will be severely punished.

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Tā他
yīn因
piāo剽
qiè窃
bié别
rén人
de的
xiǎo小
shuō说
chuàng创
yì意
ér而
bèi被
gào告
shàng上
fǎ法
tíng庭
 。

He was sued for plagiarizing another person's novel idea.

Xué学
shù术
jiè界
duì对
piāo剽
qiè窃
líng零
róng容
rěn忍
 。

The academic community has zero tolerance for plagiarism.