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plagiarism definition - legal

n

Copying or stealing someone elseÂ’s words or ideas and claiming or presenting them as if they were your own. See also infringement.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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