Plagiarize - \'pla-je-,riz also j - -\ vb -rized; -riz·ing vt [plagiary] : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (a created production) without crediting the source vi: to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary
Three Basic Varieties
- Using another's words without giving credit.
- Using another's ideas -- paraphrasing or simply changing words around -- without giving credit.
- Citing sources that weren't used in the paper, or making up references.