plagiarism
IPA: pɫˈeɪdʒɝɪzʌm
noun
- (uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
- (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
- (countable) The instance of plagiarism.
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Examples of "plagiarism" in Sentences
- Plagiarism is illegal.
- The accusation of plagiarism is debated.
- Did the plagiarism occur in the monument section
- This edit appears to be the source of the plagiarism.
- It is the obligation of the editor to avoid plagiarism.
- It was perilously close to plagiarism of the cited source.
- Accusations of plagiarism seem to be the greatest deterrent.
- In academia and the business world, they'd call it plagiarism or intellectual property theft.
- He also says plagiarism is actually a form of identity theft, because the ideas of an author are his identity.
- But the potential for accusations of plagiarism is only one of the reasons I've made a rule of not reading unpublished mss.
- Translation of the Statement of B. Strugatsky about the fake accusation of Cameron in plagiarism, or similarities between Avatar and the Noon
- 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.
- "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?"
- 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.