Direction: In the following questions out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
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Theft of another person’s writings or ideas and passing them off as one’s own
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- plagiarism
- burglary
- piracy
- pilferage
Correct Option: A
plagiarism (N.) : an act of copying another person’s ideas, words or work and pretend that they are your own burglary (N.) : the crime of entering building illegally and stealing things from it ; house breaking
piracy (N.) : the crime of attacking ships at sea in order to steal from them; the act of making illegal copies of DVD’s, computer programs, books, etc. in order to sell them
pilferage (N.) : the act of stealing small amounts/ small articles
