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plagiarism

[pley-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-] / ˈpleɪ dʒəˌrɪz əm, -dʒi əˌrɪz- /


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Meanwhile, Disney was coming under fire for its climbing into bed with a company that artists, writers and other content creators regard as a plagiarism machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

When the public hears about scientific fraud, the focus often falls on isolated cases involving falsified data, plagiarism or retracted studies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

And after resolving a plagiarism dispute that delayed its release last year, the French-language thriller “The Hunt,” about a deadly encounter between two groups of hunters, is finally landing on March 4.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Alessandro Gallenzi made the shock plagiarism discovery, which he described as "wholesale", while he was editing a new collection of Thomas's poetry.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In a sense this process, given the fancy title ‘neo-classicism’ by music historians, was at times nothing more elaborate than plagiarism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall