What is the Penalty for Plagerizing someone else's work? Is there a Penalty?

Answer:
Well if you are in a school setting then if caught you will most likely get an F. If you are at work you might be fired, and if the plagerizasm is serious enough than yes you can be sued.

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If you take someones else's words from another book and put it into your own and publish it and you don't list the source from where you got it and ask their permission before doing it you can be sued.

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Na, its the america way