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plagiarism

/ˈpleɪdʒɪərɪzəm/ noun · British & US
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What does plagiarism mean?

noun

The act of passing off someone else's words, ideas, or work as one's own; the use of someone else's work without proper acknowledgment or credit.

Example

"The student was accused of plagiarism after submitting a paper that contained large sections of text from the internet without proper citation."

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