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Plagiarism is the practice of taking credit for someone else’s work.

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Is it plagiarism to reference a fictitious source?

Communication Guy According to this chart (I'm not sure how credible it is, but my school uses it), citing a source that does not exist constitutes a Ghost Citation, rated “Very, very [serious]” on the plagiarism … TL;DR: Citing a bogus source constitutes a Ghost Citation, about half of the seriousness of full-blown plagiarism (identity theft) on the plagiarism severity scale. So yes, it is plagiarism. …
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