2. What is Plagiarism ? It is an act of intellectual theft Who is a plagiarist? To be blunt he or she is a is a thief
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18. More on Plagiarism Plagiarius in Latin means ‘’ Kidnapper, seducer, literary thief” “ Wrongful appropriation and publication as one’s own”- C. T. Onions Plagiary-noun Plagiarize- verb
21. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
22. Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. ... en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plagiarism
23. 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; Text or other work resulting from this act en.wiktionary.org /wiki/plagiarism
24. plagiarize - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
25. plagiarize - To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech en.wiktionary.org /wiki/plagiarize
26. The act of copying any portion of another's work and representing it as your own, regardless of whether or not the work is copyrighted or in the public domain. It is unethical to do so, and if a copyrighted work is involved it can also be an infringement of property rights. ... www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/kidantipiracy02.htm
27. Copying someone else's work and pretending that you wrote it . www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberethics_glossary.htm
28. Submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one's own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source. www.northwestern.edu/uacc/defines.html
29. Failure to give the source of a quotation or paraphrase in which the language, thoughts, or ideas of another person are used as one's own. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.phtml
30. Passing off someone else's work as your own. You must follow certain guidelines to properly acknowledge the use of other people's ideas in your work. ... www.netnet.org/students/student%20glossary.htm
Editor's Notes
Shakespeare got ideas from different chronicles and wrote plays. He simply developed others ideas. But he made it great. It is an example of good borrowing
