Thesaurus: piracy

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1. n. The act or crime of a pirate.
2. n. 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. n. 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
4. n. the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
5. 1. The act or crime of a pirate. 2. (Common Law) 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. Note: By statute law several other offenses committed on the seas (as trading with known pirates, or engaging in the slave trade) have been made piracy. 3. "Sometimes used, in a quasi-figurative sense, of violation of copyright; but for this, infringement is the correct and preferable term." Abbott.
6. Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others onthe open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and withintent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.
7. n:100 n. 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