RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

Put the meaning into your own words.

Take a moment before opening the definition. There is no timer and no penalty for needing another look.

CARD 1 OF 2

plagiarism

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

Presenting another person's words, ideas, or work as one's own without proper acknowledgment.

The instructor used a fictional passage to explain how missing attribution can become plagiarism.

Dictionary practice example.

Plagiarism occurs in a fictional design review when a columnist publishes another writer's original analysis as his own without acknowledging the source.

From A Review and Its Corrections.

Full dictionary entry

Try another dictionary set Open lesson index

Return to top