Plagiarise various tales (5)
I believe the answer is:
steal
'plagiarise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'various tales' is the wordplay.
'various' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tales' anagrammed gives 'STEAL'.
(Other definitions for steal that I've seen before include "Appropriate" , "pirate" , "a snip!" , "Plagiarise" , "Pinch" .)