plagiarism

/ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm/
noun
  1. The act of using someone else's words, ideas, or work without giving proper credit, as if they were your own.
    • The student was expelled for plagiarism after copying an entire essay from the internet.
    • Teachers use special software to detect plagiarism in student papers.
    • Many artists have been accused of plagiarism for using images without permission.
  2. An instance or example of plagiarized material.
    • The novel contained several blatant plagiarisms from an earlier work.
    • The committee found multiple plagiarisms in the researcher's published papers.
    • The journalist's article was a clear plagiarism of a news report from another country.
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