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scientific misconduct
(sci¦en|tif¦ic mis|con¦duct)
noun
[
mass noun
]
action which wilfully compromises the integrity of scientific research, such as plagiarism or the falsification or fabrication of data:
the university has been hit by allegations of scientific misconduct in recent years
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