Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plagiarism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plagiarism \Pla"gia*rism\, n. [Cf. F. plagiarisme.]
1. The act or practice of plagiarizing.
2. That which plagiarized.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plagiarism
n 1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else
and is presented as being your own work
2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as
if they were your own [syn: {plagiarization}, {plagiarisation},
{piracy}]
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