| plagiarism | (n) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work |
| plagiarism | (n) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own, Syn. plagiarisation, piracy, plagiarization |
| plagiarist | (n) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own, Syn. plagiarizer, pirate, plagiariser, literary pirate |
| plagiaristic | (adj) copied and passed off as your own, Syn. plagiarised, plagiarized, Example: used plagiarized data in his thesis; a work dotted with plagiarized phrases |
| plagiarize | (v) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property, Syn. lift, plagiarise |
| plagiarise | v. t. Same as plagiarize. [ mostly Brit. ] |
| Plagiarism | n. [ Cf. F. plagiarisme. ] |
| Plagiarist | n. One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Plagiarize | v. t. |