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Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism

Defining Plagiarism

Definition of plagiarizing

"to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own use (another's production) without crediting the source" (Merriam-Webster, n.d.).

Butler Community College defines plagiarism as ...

...representing or turning in someone else's work without proper citation of the source. This includes unacknowledged paraphrase, quotation, or complete use of someone else's work in any form. It also includes citing work that is not used and taking credit for a group project without contributing to it (Butler Community College, 2022, p. 13).


References:

Butler Community College. (2022). Student handbook. Butler Community College. 
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Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Plagiarize. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved February 28, 2023, from
     https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize

WriteCheckVideos. (2012, November 16). 10 types of plagiarism [Video].YouTube.com.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF5eFeJMplA&t=12s