plagiarism

Plagiat, Plagiieren

Das Verwenden fremder Texte, Ideen oder Werke, als wären sie die eigenen.

In einfachem Englisch: Using someone else's writing, ideas, or other work and pretending they are your own.

• Copying her essay was plagiarism.
• The student was accused of plagiarism.
• Always name your sources to avoid plagiarism.

Häufige Wendungen: commit plagiarism, accused of plagiarism, avoid plagiarism

Plagiat

Ein fremder Text oder ein anderes fremdes Werk, das als eigene Arbeit ausgegeben wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A piece of writing or other work taken from someone else and presented as your own.

• The poem was a plagiarism.
• Critics discovered several plagiarisms in his early stories.
• Her article turned out to be a plagiarism of an older essay.

So benutzt man es: a plagiarism of something (The painting was a plagiarism of an earlier work.)

Synonyme: copy

Häufige Wendungen: a blatant plagiarism, literary plagiarism, plagiarism of something