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Plagiarism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Plagiarism : (noun)
1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else
and is presented as being your own work
2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as
if they were your own [syn: plagiarization, plagiarisation,
piracy]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Plagiarism : \Pla"gia*rism\, n. [Cf. F. plagiarisme.]
1. The act or practice of plagiarizing.
2. That which plagiarized.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PLAGIARISM. The act of appropriating the ideas and language of another, and
passing them for one's own.
2. When this amounts to piracy the party who has been guilty of it will
be enjoined, when the original author has a copyright. Vide Copyright;
Piracy; Quotation; Pard. Dr. Com. n. 169.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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