From the 1995 Random House Dictionary of the English Language|Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary: "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work" qtd. in Stepchyshyn, Vera; Nelson, Robert S. (2007). Library plagiarism policies. Assoc. of College & Resrch Libraries. tr. 65. ISBN0838984169.
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