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From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebh-, *gerbh- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf (“crib”), West Frisian krêbe (“crib”), Dutch krib (“crib, manger”), German Krippe (“rack, crib”), Danish krybbe (“crib”), Icelandic krubba (“crib”). Doublet of crèche. The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of the verb. The criminal sense may derive from the 'basket' sense, circa the mid 18th century, in that a poacher could conceal poachings in such a basket (see the 1772 Samuel Foote quotation). The cheating sense probably derives from the criminal sense.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: де́тско крева́тче (détsko krevátče) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Catalan: bressol — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Chinese Mandarin: 娃娃床 (wáwachuáng) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Czech: postýlka — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Dutch: wieg — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Esperanto: beblito — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Finnish: pinnasänky — a baby’s bed with high sides
• French: berceau — a baby’s bed with high sides
• German: Gitterbett — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Greek: κούνια (koúnia) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Ancient Greek: κάπη (kápē) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Ancient Greek: φάτνη (phátnē) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Hungarian: rácsos gyerekágy — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Italian: culla — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Italian: lettino a sponde alte — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Japanese: ベビーベッド (bebī beddo) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Latin: cunae — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Latin: cunabula — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Ligurian: chìnn-a — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Plautdietsch: Wieej — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Polish: kojec — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Portuguese: berço — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Russian: де́тская крова́тка (détskaja krovátka) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Russian: крова́тка (krovátka) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: креветац — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: јасле — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: дечји креветац — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: дјечји креветац — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: krevetac — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: jasle — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: dečji krevetac — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Serbo-Croatian: dječji krevetac — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Spanish: cuna — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Swedish: barnsäng — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Swedish: spjälsäng — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Ukrainian: дитя́че лі́жечко (dytjáče lížečko) — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Vietnamese: nôi — a baby’s bed with high sides
• Bulgarian: я́сли (jásli) — a feeding trough for animals
• Czech: jesle — a feeding trough for animals
• Dutch: voederbak — a feeding trough for animals
• Dutch: trog — a feeding trough for animals
• Esperanto: kripo — a feeding trough for animals
• Finnish: kaukalo — a feeding trough for animals
• Finnish: seimi — a feeding trough for animals
• French: huche — a feeding trough for animals
• German: Krippe — a feeding trough for animals
• Greek: παχνί (pachní) — a feeding trough for animals
• Ancient Greek: φάτνη (phátnē) — a feeding trough for animals
• Hungarian: jászol — a feeding trough for animals
• Italian: greppia — a feeding trough for animals
• Italian: mangiatoia — a feeding trough for animals
• Japanese: まぐさ桶 (magusa-oke) — a feeding trough for animals
• Korean: 구유 (guyu) — a feeding trough for animals
• Old Prussian: rindo — a feeding trough for animals
• Plautdietsch: Kjrebb — a feeding trough for animals
• Polish: żłób — a feeding trough for animals
• Portuguese: manjedoura — a feeding trough for animals
• Portuguese: cocho — a feeding trough for animals
• Russian: я́сли (jásli) — a feeding trough for animals
• Swedish: krubba — a feeding trough for animals
• Finnish: laari — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: hórreo — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: celeiro — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: cabaceira — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: cabaz — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: cabazo — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: caustra — a bin or box for storing grain
• Galician: piorno — a bin or box for storing grain
• Hungarian: kukoricagóré — a bin or box for storing grain
• Hungarian: góré — a bin or box for storing grain
• Russian: за́кром (zákrom) — a bin or box for storing grain
• Swedish: binge — a bin or box for storing grain
• Finnish: hima — (slang) one’s residence, or where one normally hangs out; a house or dwelling place
• Hungarian: kéró — (slang) one’s residence, or where one normally hangs out; a house or dwelling place
• Hungarian: kégli — (slang) one’s residence, or where one normally hangs out; a house or dwelling place
• Hungarian: kecó — (slang) one’s residence, or where one normally hangs out; a house or dwelling place
• Polish: chata — (slang) one’s residence, or where one normally hangs out; a house or dwelling place
• Russian: хата (xata) — (slang) one’s residence, or where one normally hangs out; a house or dwelling place
• Bulgarian: преписване (prepisvane) — (obsolete in English) petty theft or plagiarism
• Dutch: plagiaat — (obsolete in English) petty theft or plagiarism
• Portuguese: furto — (obsolete in English) petty theft or plagiarism
• Portuguese: plágio — (obsolete in English) petty theft or plagiarism
• Russian: спи́сывание (spísyvanije) — (obsolete in English) petty theft or plagiarism
• Bulgarian: пищов (pištov) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Chinese Mandarin: 作弊條 /作弊条 (zuòbìtiáo) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Chinese Mandarin: 小抄 (xiǎochāo) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Czech: tahák — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Dutch: spiekbriefje — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Finnish: lunttilappu — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Finnish: luntti — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• French: antisèche — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• German: Spickzettel — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• German: Schummelzettel — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Greek: σκονάκι (skonáki) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Hungarian: puska — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Japanese: カニングペーパー (kaningupēpā) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Japanese: カンペ (kanpe) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Polish: ściąga — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Portuguese: cola — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Russian: шпарга́лка (špargálka) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Russian: шпо́ра (špóra) — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Spanish: machete — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Spanish: chuleta — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Swedish: fusklapp — notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination
• Hungarian: jegyzet — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• Hungarian: feljegyzés — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• Hungarian: cédula — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• Hungarian: cetli — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• Polish: ściąga — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• Polish: ściągawka — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• Swedish: lathund — a collection of quotes or references for use in speaking
• French: antisèche — (cryptography)
• Armenian: արտագրել (artagrel) — to plagiarize or steal
• Armenian: թխել (tʻxel) — to plagiarize or steal
• Bulgarian: преписвам (prepisvam) — to plagiarize or steal
• Czech: opisovat — to plagiarize or steal
• Czech: opsat — to plagiarize or steal
• Dutch: afkijken — to plagiarize or steal
• Finnish: luntata — to plagiarize or steal
• Finnish: plagiarisoida — to plagiarize or steal
• Hungarian: plagizál — to plagiarize or steal
• Hungarian: plágiumot követ el — to plagiarize or steal
• Hungarian: kölcsönöz — to plagiarize or steal
• Hungarian: puskázik — to plagiarize or steal
• Russian: спи́сывать (spísyvatʹ) — to plagiarize or steal
• Spanish: fusilar — to plagiarize or steal