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UK
/pˈaɪəɹəsˌi/
]
[ US /ˈpaɪɹəsi/ ]
[ US /ˈpaɪɹəsi/ ]
NOUN
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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 - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
How To Use piracy In A Sentence
- This came after scores of pro-Uribe legislators and other officials were indicted on conspiracy charges involving so-called demobilized paramilitaries. Council on Hemispheric Affairs
- In an attempt to thwart piracy of its music, the label equipped a collection of 52 album releases with a type of software known as a rootkit. ITnews Australia
- The BBC correspondent says anti - piracy mission is controversial in Japan because of its pacifist post - War constitution.
- In the end the sentence-for criminal conspiracy, corruption and bribery-was a compromise.
- Only later did it become apparent that the flight had also been on anti-piracy patrol.
- Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
- A dashing swashbuckler of love, loss, and revenge in the midst of a plot to hide a conspiracy involving Napoleon's return to power.
- Now, from the left, comes a ragtag assortment of college kids, labor unionists, conspiracy theorists and others who've taken to the streets in protests dubbed "Occupy Wall Street.
- They have been questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and fraud by misrepresentation. Times, Sunday Times
- You could always join the 9/11 conspiracy mill and churn out another book or website dedicated to the allegation that the “EVIL” George Bush, Dick Cheney – or THE shadowy “right wing caba” is behind the horror of 9/11. Think Progress » Bartlett On Cancelled Maliki Meeting: ‘It Was Going To Be More Of A Social Meeting Anyway’