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A general definition for plagiarism is which of the following?

A. Using someone else's words, thoughts, or ideas as your own.
B. Using someone else's words, thoughts, or ideas as your own without giving proper credit to source.
C. Using someone else's words as your own without giving proper credit to the source.

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Plagiarism is a practice of taking someone else work or idea and passing it off as your own. C is out of the answer. A and B is generally correct because plagiarism is literally taking someone else work, and it's not giving proper credit.

The right answer should be B.
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