Meanings
- uncountablePlagiarism of work found on the Internet.
She sees cyberplagiarism as a huge problem, and "kids, well, they just don't seem to care."
2007, Paul G Harwood, Victor Asal, Educating the First Digital Generation2 more examples
Cyberplagiarism, or copying from the Internet, is another problem rampant in schools, enabled by Internet access.
2007, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the MediaNow there is also cyberplagiarism, which refers, among other things, to putting together borrowed and unattributed material read on and drawn from the World Wide Web.
2008, Charles Bazerman, Handbook of Research on Writing
Origin
- Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
- Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
- Englishcyberneticclip.
- Englishcyber-
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
- Latinplagium
- Latinplagiārius
- Englishplagiary
- Englishplagiarism
- Englishcyberplagiarism
From cyber- + plagiarism.
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cyberplagiarism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberplagiarism
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