What is plagiarism? Plagiarism, at its core, means to use someone's idea without credit. According to Merriam-Webster , to plagiarize means "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source."[1] What is the history of plagiarism? The English word "plagiarize" likely dates back to the 1600s.[2] However, the term comes from French, Greek, and Latin influences dating centuries before.[3] Ideas which are

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