cribbing Definition

crib
noun

1. A baby's cot or cradle.
2. A manger.
3. A model of the nativity, with the infant Christ in a manger.
4. A literal translation of a text, used as an aid by students.
5. Something copied or plagiarized from another's work.
6. cards.
The discarded cards in cribbage, used by the dealer in scoring.
7. A timber framework for a dam.
8. A timber framework used to line a mine shaft.
9. Short for cribbage.

verb cribbed, cribbing

tr & intr
1. To copy or plagiarize.
2. To put in or as if in a crib.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cribb stall or manger.