WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

Plagiarism is an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language andthoughts of another author without authorization and therepresentation of that author's work as one's own, as by notcrediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau'splagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms:appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft,borrowing, cribbing, passing off.

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