剽窃

剽竊

piāoqiè

verb #12,502

Meanings

1 to plagiarize; to pirate
2 to plunder (literary)

Characters

to rob; to plunder

to steal; secretly

Examples

他被指控剽窃别人的论文。

Tā bèi zhǐkòng piāoqiè biéren de lùnwén.

He was accused of plagiarizing someone else's paper.

剽窃是学术界最严重的问题之一。

Piāoqiè shì xuéshùjiè zuì yánzhòng de wèntí zhī yī.

Plagiarism is one of the most serious problems in academia.

Tips

usage

剽窃 is formal and often used in academic or legal contexts. For casual speech about copying, 抄袭 (chāoxí) is more common.

Stroke Order

剽 piāo

窃 qiè