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plagiarism

/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪzəm/

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What does plagiarism mean?

noun

  1. Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
  2. Text or other work resulting from this act.
  3. The instance of plagiarism.

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/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪzəm/

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Except in the case of a clandestine reprint, how will he distinguish forgery from quotation, imitation, plagiarism, or even coincidence?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Just as the rivalry of armaments is only a sort of sulky plagiarism, so the rivalry of parties is only a sort of sulky inheritance.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
More book examples (3)
This is all harmless, but the plagiarism and want of honor are disgusting, and quite out of keeping with his profession of being a theological student.
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755
I could play it myself, now, and it wouldn't be any plagiarism, either, because I should get it in nearly a thousand years ahead of those parties.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
For his own sake it would perhaps have been better had he patented and thus protected it, for Mr. Edison, recognising it as a rival to his carbon-transmitter, then a valuable property, claimed it as an infringement of his patents and charged him with plagiarism.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979