Meaning & use
plagiarism
The act of using someone else's words or ideas and presenting them as your own.
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The student was expelled after the university found clear evidence of plagiarism in her thesis.
Citing your sources properly is the simplest way to avoid plagiarism.
A note on using this word
Plagiarism applies even to paraphrased ideas presented without credit, not only to copied word-for-word text.
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