CRIB (2)

Crib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbed (krĭbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.] 1. 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. I. Taylor. Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. Shak. 2. 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. Dickens.