"The action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft."

Source: Oxford English Dictionary

Not citing the source, whether it's just a few words or entire paragraphs, constitute plagiarism:

• Using a previously written essay from one class in another class.

• Copying from a website, such as Wikipedia.

• Copying from an article in a magazine, journal, or newspaper.

• Copying from a book.

• Copying someone else's work.

• Any form of "copying & pasting" without citing.

• Rewording (paraphrasing) a source, or someone else's work, without citing it.

• Failing to place quotation marks around a direct quote.

• Fabricating citations or providing incorrect references.

• Buying an essay online and turning it in as your own.

  **Thanks to Joe Hardenbrook and University of Wisconsin Green Bay's Cofrin Library for allowing us to use content from their Guide