pla|gia|rism

pla|gia|rism
pla|gia|rism «PLAY juh rihz uhm», noun.
1. the act of plagiarizing: »

If an author is once detected in borrowing, he will be suspected of plagiarism ever after (William Hazlitt).

2. something plagiarized; an idea, expression, plot, or the like, taken from another and used as one's own.
[< Latin plagiārius literary thief, kidnaper; earlier, plunderer (< plaga snare, net) + English -ism]

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