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'''Plagiarism''' is the use of another person's words or ideas as if they were one's own.  Any time material is copied from another source without providing credit or a citation, an act of plagiarism has been committed.

'''Plagiarism''' is the use of another person's words or ideas with the goal of deceiving readers into thinking the plagiarist originated the ideas and deserves credit for them.  It is not against the law, but is considered a very serious offense in the academic world, and students, professors and even college presidents are regularly punished for it. 

 

Colleges have elaborate rules on how students can avoid the appearance of plagiarism by quotations and citations. Note that when academic credit for original writing is not at issue, plagiarism does not happen. Thus officials of government or the private sector often give speeches or reports, and take credit for them, even though some staff member actually did the research and writing. That is not plagiarism because no academic credit is claimed.

Plagiarism is intellectually dishonest, and in the [[academic]] and professional community is considered to be a serious offense, and can lead to academic suspension, expulsion, or loss of a job. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php</ref>

Plagiarism is intellectually dishonest, and in the [[academic]] and professional community is considered to be a serious offense, and can lead to academic suspension, expulsion, or loss of a job. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php</ref>

the definition of plagiarism as cited at Harvard's Faculty of Arts & Sciences (click "Writing with Sources: Misuse of Sources"):

the definition of plagiarism as cited at Harvard's Faculty of Arts & Sciences (click "Writing with Sources: Misuse of Sources"):

    Plagiarism is passing off a source’s information, ideas, or words as your own by omitting to acknowledge that source—an act of lying, cheating, and stealing.

Plagiarism is passing off a source’s information, ideas, or words as your own by omitting to acknowledge that source—an act of lying, cheating, and stealing.

See also Harvard's "Writing with Sources: Common Questions about Sources" (emphasis mine):

See also Harvard's "Writing with Sources: Common Questions about Sources" (emphasis mine):