This is an important question and needs to be spelled out. Plagiarism is taking another person's words or thoughts without acknowledgement. The most common forms are plagiarism are as follows:
1. Directly taking a quote from another person's work without direct quotations and acknowledgement.
2. Even if you summarize or paraphrase another person's work in your own words, you need to cite where you got this information.
3. If a person coined a phrase or a word and you use it, you also need to acknowledge this.
4. Finally, if you get idea or concept from another source, you need to acknowledge it as well. If you do not, then you are stealing a person's idea.
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