What is Plagiarism in a Dissertation? Plagiarism is unacceptable in the world of dissertations and all other types of assignment writing. It is the act of presenting someone else’s work in your name without their consent. It can be a duplication of content ideas or a direct copy and paste of the main ideas. This can be from all published and unpublished writings in the Paper, soft copy or even electronic form. If you are a college or university student at any level of education, you will be given many dissertation assignments to complete at home. The grade you get in these assignments is i...