Plagiarism

n.	1.	The act or practice of plagiarizing.
	2.	That which is plagiarized; a work which has been plagiarized.

Noun	1.	plagiarism - a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
	2.	plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own Synonyms: plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy

PLAGIARISM. The act of appropriating the ideas and language of another, and passing them for one's own.
     2. When this amounts to piracy the party who has been guilty of it will be enjoined, when the original author has a copyright. Vide Copyright; Piracy; Quotation; Pard. Dr. Com. n. 169.

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