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piracy
  1. (nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
  2. A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
  3. The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
  4. The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
  5. (ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The piracy of software abroad may soon become a larger concern to U.S. software manufacturers.”
      “Naval warfare experts say the U.S. Navy simply isn't large enough to do much about the problem, whether it's piracy or terrorism.”
      “It is these inequalities that bedevil the operations of the troubled music companies, as much as piracy.”
pirate
  1. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
  2. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
  3. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
  4. (ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
  5. A kind of marble in children's games.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Sebastian Gonzales left Spain for India in 1605 and became successively a soldier, a dealer in salt, and a pirate on the seas.”
      “Maybe the nasty pirate who bootlegs a copy of your software when they couldn't afford the price was doing a mass evaluation of software for a purchasing contract.”
pirater
  1. One who pirates (produces unauthorized copies).
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The pirater was arrested for distributing thousands of unauthorized copies of the latest blockbuster film.”
piratess
  1. A female pirate.
piratesses
  1. plural of piratess
piraters
pirates
  1. plural of pirate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At some time near the Algerian coast Barbary pirates boarded the ship and its good officers and men walked the plank.”
      “Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of ships and pirates has been a huge success in the guises of film and television adaptations.”
      “Authorities are following up on the report and have yet to determine if the abductors are pirates or terrorists.”
piracies
  1. plural of piracy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Newton learned to exploit the commercial press by secretly publishing his works and disowning them as piracies.”
      “Willetts therefore argued that, far from destroying an industry, his piracies had no significant effect at all on existing publishers' sales.”
      “None of that music seemed to be going to the incinerators, and the flow of piracies was not being staunched.”
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