From: @optusnet.com.au   
      
   Marco van de Voort  wrote in   
   news:slrndr06qh.2tuk.marcov@snail.stack.nl:   
      
   > On 2005-12-26, Alan Brown  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> However, it should be obvious to most people that plagiarism. legal   
   >> or not, is not ethical and is certainly not acceptable behaviour in   
   >> all academic environments that I know of.   At the University I   
   >> worked for, plagiarism would get the student dismissed instantly.   
   >   
   > I know what plagiarism is, etc etc. I just wanted to stress that the   
   > word "theft" doesn't apply. I prefer to keep using the descriptions in   
   > lawbooks (and probably in your universities statutes), which is   
   > "PLAGIARISM", and not theft or Intellectual Dishonesty. Even   
   > "copy-cat" is IMHO more correct than thief.   
      
      
   The Dictionary reference I quoted determines that the word "theft" does   
   apply in the etymological definition of "plagiarism".   
      
   In Roget's Thesaurus the word "plagiarism" is listed under the section   
   (788) headed "theft".   
      
      
   >   
   > This correction has nothing to do with the sanctions or morallity   
   > related to plagiarism. On the contrary, not confusing the term with   
   > other crimes leaves no bush to hide behind.   
   >   
      
   It would seem that, in whatever context, "plagairism" means "theft".   
   This implies that it is also a crime.   
      
   How the Law, Lawyers, Academic Institutions, Students or anybody else   
   employ the word does not change what the word was intended to "mean" in   
   the English language.   
      
   Alan   
      
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