4. PLAGIARISM
DEFINITION 1:
The practice of
taking someone else’s
work or ideas and
passing them off as
one’s own.
SOURCE: OXFORD DICTIONARY
5. PLAGIARISM
DEFINITION 2:
› an act or instance of using or closely imitating the
language and thoughts of another author without
authorization and the representation of that author's
work as one's own, as by not crediting the original
author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's
plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms:
appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting;
theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
› a piece of writing or other work reflecting such
unauthorized use or imitation: “These two manuscripts
are clearly plagiarisms,” the editor said, tossing them
angrily on the floor.
Source: dictionary.com
6. PLAGIARISM
DEFINITION 3:
› transitive verb
: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
another) as one's own
: use (another's production) without crediting the
source
› intransitive verb
: to commit literary theft : present as new and
original an idea or product derived from an
existing source
› — pla·gia·riz·er noun
Source: Meriam-Webster
7. SCOPE
› There were accusations of plagiarism.
(WRITING , PRODUCING, CREATING)
› it claims there are similar plagiarisms in
the software produced at the university.
› MULTIMEDIA – PUBLISHING/POSTING