Plagiarism

Pla′gia-rism

(plā′jȧ-rĭz’m or plā′jĭ-ȧ-rĭz’m; 277)

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Noun.

[Cf. F.

plagiarisme

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1.

The act or practice of plagiarizing.

2.

That which is plagiarized; a work which has been plagiarized.

Plagiarism

PLA'GIARISM

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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.

plagiarism

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Noun

plagiarism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)

(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.
(uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.

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copying of someone's ideas

Armenian: գրագողություն (hy) ‎(gragołutʿyun) , բանագողություն (hy) ‎(banagołutʿyun) , էմանցիպացիոնիզմ ‎(ēmancʿipacʿionizm)
Catalan: plagi m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 剽竊, 剽窃 ‎(piu³ sit³, piu⁵ sit³), 抄襲, 抄袭 ‎(caau¹ zaap⁶)

Mandarin: 剽竊 (zh), 剽窃 (zh) ‎(piāoqiè, piàoqiè), 抄襲 (zh), 抄袭 (zh) ‎(chāoxí)

Min Nan: 偷抾 ‎(thau-khioh), 抄襲 (zh-min-nan), 抄袭 ‎(chhau-si̍p)
Czech: plagiátorství n
Dutch: plagiaat (nl) n
Esperanto: plagiato
Finnish: plagiointi (fi)

French: plagiat (fr) m
German: Plagiat (de) n
Greek: λογοκλοπή (el) f ‎(logoklopí)
Italian: plagio (it) m
Japanese: 剽窃 ‎(hyōsetsu), 盗作 ‎(tōsaku)
Norwegian: plagiat n
Polish: plagiat (pl) m
Portuguese: plágio (pt) m
Romanian: plagiat (ro) n, plagiere (ro) f
Russian: плагиа́т (ru) m ‎(plagiát)
Spanish: plagio (es) m
Swedish: plagiering c, plagiat (sv) n
Tagalog: nakaw-akda, plahiyo

act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized

Chinese:
Mandarin: 剽竊物, 剽窃物 ‎(piāoqièwù), 抄襲物, 抄袭物 ‎(chāoxíwù)
Czech: plagiát m (work resulting from plagiarism)
Finnish: plagiaatti
French: plagiat (fr) m
German: Plagiat (de) n
Japanese: 剽窃 ‎(hyōsetsu), 盗作 ‎(tōsaku)

Norwegian: plagiat n
Polish: plagiat (pl) m
Portuguese: plágio (pt) m
Romanian: plagiat (ro) n, plagiere (ro) f
Russian: плагиа́т (ru) m ‎(plagiát)
Spanish: plagio (es) m
Swedish: plagiat (sv) n, plagiering c

External links

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

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