Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #660 of 1319

plagiarism (n.)

copying others' work

Examples

  • Plagiarism is cheating.

Key rules

  • Plagiarism is copying someone else's work and presenting it as your own
  • Commit plagiarism, avoid plagiarism
  • Plagiarism is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • This essay has many plagiarisms → This essay has a lot of plagiarism
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