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plagiarism (PLAY juh riz" uhm) (s) (noun), plagiarisms (pl)
1. The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work: James was accused of committing plagiarism by his teacher, Mrs. Smith, because she had read the contents previously in a newspaper, which he claimed were all his own creation.
2. Etymology: from Latin, plaga, "a hunting net or snare used for capturing animals", then plagiarius was used to refer to "a literary thief".
An act of claiming the artistic or literary work of another person.
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If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many authors, it's considered to be research.

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Research of ideas or writings from other sources and making them worse—or better: plagiarism quotes.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many sources is research.
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