Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of plagiarizing: The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
   • A piece of plagiarized work: A specific work, such as a text, that has been copied from another source and presented as original.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Act):
  • The university has a strict policy against plagiarism.
  • He was accused of plagiarism for copying paragraphs from a published article.
• Noun (Work):
  • The essay turned out to be a plagiarism of a chapter from a famous novel.
  • The professor identified several plagiarisms in the submitted assignments.

Advanced Usage

• "to commit plagiarism": To perform the act of plagiarizing.
  • Students must understand that to commit plagiarism is a serious academic offense.
• "a case of plagiarism": An instance or specific occurrence of plagiarizing.
  • The journal retracted the paper after discovering it was a clear case of plagiarism.

Variants and Related Words

• Plagiarize (verb): To take and use another person's ideas or work as one's own.
  • It is unethical to plagiarize someone else's research.
• Plagiarist (noun): A person who plagiarizes.
  • The author was exposed as a plagiarist.

Synonyms

• Copyright infringement: The use of works protected by copyright law without permission.
• Piracy: The unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work (often for software or media).
• Literary theft: The stealing of written work or ideas.

Related Phrases

• "self-plagiarism": The reuse of one's own previously published work without acknowledgment.
  • Some journals also consider self-plagiarism to be unethical.
• "accidental plagiarism": Unintentional failure to cite sources or use proper quotation.
  • Even accidental plagiarism can have serious consequences, so careful citation is essential.

Noun

1. the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
2. a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work