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Plagiarism

Definition: Plagiarism refers to the act of using someone else's work, ideas, or writings without giving them proper credit or permission, thus claiming it as your own.

Sense 1: Noun - The act of plagiarizing or the practice of using someone else's work without acknowledgment.

Example Sentence: The student's essay was disqualified due to the blatant plagiarism of several paragraphs from an online source.

Sense 2: Verb - To plagiarize or copy someone else's work without permission or proper citation.

Example Sentence: It is not acceptable to simply copy and paste information from a website into your own paper; you must paraphrase and cite to avoid plagiarism.

Sense 3: Adjective - Describing something that resembles or imitates another person's work, ideas, or style to a significant degree.

Example Sentence: The artwork showed a clear influence of Pablo Picasso's Cubist period, but it bordered on plagiarism rather than originality.

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