Looking at the OED definition: http://is.gd/eSaRt http://is.gd/eSaRt first example: > dishonestly pass off (another person‘s ideas) as one’s own: accusations

Looking at the OED definition: http://is.gd/eSaRt http://is.gd/eSaRt first example: > dishonestly pass off (another person‘s ideas) as one’s own: accusations that one group had stolen ideas from the other were soon flying