plagiarism

Everyday

Plagiarism is copying someone else's words, ideas or work and pretending they are your own. tree →

In the lessons

In school life and research lessons pupils learn that copying text from a website, book or friend and handing it in as your own is plagiarism, a kind of cheating. Instead, write in your own words and say where the information came from (give the source). Copying an AI's answer and pretending you wrote it is also plagiarism. Phrases: commit plagiarism, avoid plagiarism, check for plagiarism.

Examples

• Copying a website word for word is plagiarism. tree →
• Use your own words to avoid plagiarism. tree →
• The teacher spotted the plagiarism. tree →
• Always say where your facts came from. tree →
• Plagiarism is a kind of cheating. tree →
• Putting quotation marks around copied words and naming the writer is not plagiarism. tree →

Note

Uncountable noun. Pronounced «PLAY-jer-iz-um». Verb: plagiarise (UK) / plagiarize (US). Quoting with quotation marks and naming the author is allowed; copying without saying so is plagiarism.