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Plagiarphrase

The act of copying and pasting material into reports/essays etc., and modifying sentence structure, punctuation and synonym usage to prevent it from showing up in a search engine if your teacher checks your work.
Original: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.

Plagiarphrased: Lil Wayne, the better known stage name of American rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., was born September 27, 1982.
Plagiarphrase by FCMF April 6, 2010
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plagaphrase 

The act of subtly, yet successfully passing someone else's work off as your own by changing just enough key components to make it unnoticeable.
To rescue myself from ridicule in the weekly staff meeting, I decided to plagaphrase my cubiclemate's quarterly report.
plagaphrase by Randy Lea May 19, 2008
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Plagiaphrase

pron. "PLAY-djee-uh-fraze v.t. & v.i.

1. To plagiarize subtly by changing word order or replacing words with synonyms. 2. To plagiarphrase (which see).
Original phrase: He jests at scars that never felt a wound. (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)

Good paraphrase: He boasts about experiences he never had.

Bad plagiaphrase: He jokes about injuries that never felt a blade.
Plagiaphrase by ProfNS September 22, 2011