Definitions for plagiaristic

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pla•gia•rismˈpleɪ dʒəˌrɪz əm, -dʒi əˌrɪz-(n.)

  1. the unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own.

    Category: Literature

  2. something used and represented in this manner.

    Category: Literature

Origin of plagiarism:

1615–25

pla`gia•ris′tic(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. plagiaristic, plagiarized, plagiarised(adj)

    copied and passed off as your own

    "used plagiarized data in his thesis"; "a work dotted with plagiarized phrases"


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