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Plagiarism noun: an act or instance of plagiarizing

Plagiarizing
transitive verbto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's ownuse (another's production) without crediting the source
"Plagiarism" Merriam-Webster.com. 2011. https://www.merriam-webster.com (27 Jul 2022).

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