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Webster 1913 Edition


Plagiarism

Pla′gia-rism

(plā′jȧ-rĭz’m or plā′jĭ-ȧ-rĭz’m; 277)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
plagiarisme
.]
1.
The act or practice of plagiarizing.
2.
That which is plagiarized; a work which has been plagiarized.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plagiarism

PLA'GIARISM

,
Noun.
[from plagiary.] The act of purloining another man's literary works, or introducing passages from another man's writings and putting them off as one's own; literary theft.

Definition 2024


plagiarism

plagiarism

English

Noun

plagiarism (countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)

  1. (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.
    Even if it's not illegal, plagiarism is usually frowned upon.
    Copy from one, it's plagiarism. Copy from two, it's research.
  2. (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
    The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.

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  • plagiarism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • plagiarism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911