Plagiarisation (Noun)
Meaning
The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The student was accused of plagiarism and had to rewrite the entire essay to avoid charges of academic dishonesty.
- The author's plagiarism was discovered when a reader noticed that several passages in the book were identical to those in a previous publication.
- The company's marketing campaign was criticized for plagiarism after it was revealed that their slogan was copied from a competitor's advertisement.
- The professor carefully checked the papers for plagiarism before submitting them to the academic journal.
- The website's plagiarism policy clearly stated that any instances of copying without proper citation would result in immediate termination of service.