Usage of 'lift'

[Daemon99]

They lifted it from a song a German band had made in 90's.

Does the above sentence make sense? Does it mean they copied the song from a German band? Can lift be used in that sense?
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[Basu]

I m basu
plese help me any one when use go,gon.went.

[Skrej]

Hi Daemon,

Yes, you can use 'lift' in this sense. It doesn't necessarily have to mean a direct verbatim copy, but could mean loosely based on or inspired by also.
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[Jamie (K)]

"Lift" in this usage basically means to steal. You see it in words like "shoplifting", which means to steal from a store.

[Daemon99]

Thanks a lot, Skrej and Jamie!

Can we use 'inspired by' in this sense too?

That song was inspired by an old song Mozart had composed centuries ago.

Is the usage of 'inspired by' right here?
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