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PIRACY

\pˈa͡ɪ͡əɹəsˌi], \pˈa‍ɪ‍əɹəsˌi], \p_ˈaɪə_ɹ_ə_s_ˌi]\

Definitions of PIRACY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Piratical.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Piratical.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Piratical.
Piratically.
Robbery committed on the high seas.
Literary theft.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Robbery upon the sea; the using of another's literary work without permission.
Piratically.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Piratically.
The crime of a pirate: robbery on the high seas: infringement of copyright.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Robbery on the high seas; literary theft.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [French, Greek] The act, practice, or crime of robbing on the high seas;â€”infringement of the law of copyright by publishing the writings of other men without permission.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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