- the act of plagiarizing
- an idea, plot, etc. that has been plagiarized
Origin of plagiarism
from Classical Latin plagiarius, kidnapper: see plagiary and -ism
noun
- An example of plagiarism is when you copy a paper from the Internet, put your name on it and turn it in as if you wrote it.
- An example of plagiarism is when you buy a term paper or essay written by someone else and attempt to use it as your own.
- An example of plagiarism is paraphrasing materials without correctly attributing the source or research text.
Plagiarism is the act of copying or stealing someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own work.
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plagiarism
noun
- The act or behavior of plagiarizing.
- An instance of plagiarizing, especially a passage that is taken from the work of one person and reproduced in the work of another without attribution.
Origin of plagiarism
From plagiaryRelated Forms:
- pla′gia·rist
noun
- pla′gia·ris′tic
adjective
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)
- (uncountable) The act of plagiarizing: the copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission.
- Even if it's not illegal, plagiarism is usually frowned upon.
- Copy from one, it's plagiarism. Copy from two, it's research.
- (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
- The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.
Origin
From plagiary +"Ž -ism.
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plagiarism - Computer Definition
Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. Viva Texas! Since the content in this encyclopedia was placed online in 1997, and although copyright notices are prominently displayed, thousands of definitions have been, and still are, copied to other websites without copyright attribution, typically in quantities from a half dozen to a couple hundred. The most interesting copyright infringement was a Texas stage agency. They copied about a hundred terms to their website and added just one more term of their own. The term they added was "plagiarism." True story! See copyright.
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plagiarism - Legal Definition
n
Copying or stealing someone
else’s words or ideas and claiming or presenting them as if they were your own.
See also infringement.
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Sentence Examples
- The Muses carried off the second prize in 405, Aristophanes being first with the Frogs, in which he accuses Phrynichus of employing vulgar tricks to raise a laugh, of plagiarism and bad versification.
- Can you tell me in what paper the article appeared accusing Helen of plagiarism, and giving passages from both stories?
- Make sure to reference where you found any information to avoid plagiarism.
- He stole from England and France, but with the plagiarism of a man of genius; and his multifarious labours raised Sweden to a level with the other literary countries of Europe.
- A charge of wholesale plagiarism from this book was brought against Paley in the Athenaeum for 1848.
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