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1. (n.) piracy
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
2. piracy
the unauthorized reproduction or use of copyrighted material, a patented invention, a trademarked product, etc.
Etymology: (1545–55; earlier pyracie < ML pīrātīa < LGk peirāteía. See pirate , -acy)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) piracy, buccaneering
hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
"air piracy"
2. (noun) plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracy
the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) piracy
the act or crime of a pirate
2. (noun) piracy
robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land
3. (noun) piracy
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. piracy
An illegal act of violence, depredation (e.g., plundering, robbing, or pillaging), or detention in or over international waters committed for private ends by the crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft against another ship or aircraft or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft.
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Sense: the act(s) of a pirate
He was accused of piracy on the high seas; Publishing that book under his own name was piracy.
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 Afrikaans: rowery |
 Arabic: قَرْصَنَه |
 Bulgarian: пиратство |
 Brazilian: pirataria |
 Czech: pirátství |
 German: die Piraterie, der Raubdr |
 Danish: sørøveri; piratudgivelse |
 Greek: πειρατεία |
 Spanish: piratería |
 Estonian: piraatlus |
 Farsi: دزدی انتشاراتی |
 Finnish: merirosvous |
 French: piraterie |
 Hebrew: שוֹד-יָם |
 Hindi: जलदस्युता, अपहरण |
 Croatian: književna krađa, plagijat |
 Hungarian: kalózkodás |
 Indonesian: pembajakan |
 Icelandic: sjórán |
 Italian: pirateria |
 Japanese: 海賊行為 |
 Korean: 해적행위 |
 Lithuanian: piratavimas |
 Latvian: pirātisms; zādzība |
 Malay: kegiatan melanun; cetak r |
 Dutch: zeeroverij, letterdieveri |
 Norwegian: sjørøveri, piratvirksomhe |
 Polish: piractwo |
 Persian: دزدی انتشاراتی |
 Pashto: ادبى غلا |
 Portuguese: pirataria |
 Romanian: piraterie; plagiat |
 Russian: пиратство |
 Slovak: pirátstvo |
 Slovenian: piratstvo |
 Serbian: piraterija |
 Swedish: sjöröveri, pirattryck |
 Thai: การปล้นสะดมในน่านน้ำทะเล |
 Turkish: korsanlık, korsan yayıncı |
 Taiwanese: 海盜行為，非法翻印，盜版 |
 Ukrainian: піратство |
 Urdu: لوٹ مار، ڈاکي زني |
 Vietnamese: sự cướp biển; việc sao ch |
 Chinese: 海盗行为，非法翻印，盗版 |
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