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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The act of plagiarizing.
  2. n. Something plagiarized.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The purloining or wrongful appropriation of another's ideas, writings, artistic designs, etc., and giving these forth as one's own; specifically, the offense of taking passages from another's compositions, and publishing them, either word for word or in substance, as one's own; literary theft.
  2. n. A passage or thought thus stolen.

Wiktionary

  1. n. 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.
  2. n. uncountable Text or other work resulting from this act.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act or practice of plagiarizing.
  2. n. That which is plagiarized; a work which has been plagiarized.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. From plagiary +‎ -ism. (Wiktionary)
  2. From plagiary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “UPDATE: Here's a longer piece by Anderson who does not use the term plagiarism, including a detailed list of passages displaying unacknowledged overlap and repetition.”

    Archive 2005-10-01

  • “He also says plagiarism is actually a form of identity theft, because the ideas of an author are his identity.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Battle for the Internet:

  • “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, surely you can see that the charge that my client has committed plagiarism is less parsimonious than her claim that she was divinely inspired?”

    An Amazing First Century

  • “In academia and the business world, they'd call it plagiarism or intellectual property theft.”

    Archive 2009-10-04

  • “The New York Times has been a tad lax in their strict enforcement of the rules of editorial integrity -- which probably explains why William Kristol was allowed to work the term of his contract -- but blatant word-for-word plagiarism is different than getting your facts wrong or filing under a dateline that would appear to put you in the story when you're not.”

    More Than Just Cut and Paste

  • “Translation of the Statement of B. Strugatsky about the fake accusation of Cameron in plagiarism, or similarities between Avatar and the Noon”

    March 2010

  • “But the potential for accusations of plagiarism is only one of the reasons I've made a rule of not reading unpublished mss.”

    "The needle sticks and the penny drops."

  • “If the plagiarism is true, the guy shouldn't have a leg to stand on regardless of who found the plagiarism.”

    Ward Churchill "wins"

  • “I call plagiarism by 'Anonymous' who copypasted this-- and much else--without attribution:”

    Betroffenheitstroll

  • “And it's taught a whole generation of kids that plagiarism is trivial and research is easy ...”

    February 2008

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  1. infringement of copyright
  1. copyright infringement
  1. piece of writing
  1. writing
  1. written material

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. dishonesty
  2. forgery
  3. bribery
  4. misconduct
  1. peculation
  2. bigamy
  3. embezzlement
  4. insincerity
  1. disloyalty
  2. discourtesy
  3. charlatanry
  4. misstatement
  1. unfairness
  2. imposture
  3. wrongdoing
  4. sabotage
  1. misrepresentation
  2. piracy
  3. immorality
  4. perjury
  1. disrespect
  2. anachronism
  3. infidelity
  4. nepotism

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. plagiarist
  1. plagiary
  1. crib
  1. Worcester
  1. bristle
  1. joseph emerson worcester
  1. plagiarize

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  1. property
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  • tbtabby Dorothy Parker called this "the only 'ism' that Hollywood believes in." Oct 7, 2008

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