Microplagiarism

//ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌpleɪd͡ʒəˌɹɪzm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of plagiarism which uses relatively short sections of arbitrary sources and combines them to form a larger, seemingly unified text. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From micro- + plagiarism.

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