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Meaning of paper mill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients.
  2. An organization that unethically sells pre-written papers to students.
  3. An organization that produces large volumes of poor-quality or forged research papers.

Equivalents

Čeština papírna
Deutsch Papierfabrik
Suomi paperitehdas
Français papeterie
Italiano cartiera
日本語 製紙工場
Polski papiernia
Português papeleira
Svenska pappersbruk

Examples

“Similarly, buying papers from paper mills, or paying for someone else to write a paper, is obviously dishonest and is a clear example of plagiarizing.”
“Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are complicating publishers’ efforts to tackle the growing problem of paper mills — companies that produce fake scientific papers to order.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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