piratical

[ UK /pɜːɹˈætɪkə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of pirates
    piratical attackers
  2. characteristic of piracy
    piratical editions of my book
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How To Use piratical In A Sentence

  • They have no intention of establishing some kind of piratical caliphate. John Feffer: Monsters vs. Aliens
  • Napster thus couldn't plead ignorance of its users' piratical pastimes.
  • It danced around the deepening hole with eyes asparkle, shouting such piratical terms as "Shiver me timbers! David and the Phoenix
  • Serko will employ every means in his power to obtain the composition of the explosive and deflagrator, of which he will make such detestable use during future piratical exploits. Facing the Flag
  • Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Friedrich Nietzsche 
  • Bronwyn is tall, blonde, willowy, already a great beauty, while Ian is darkly bearded, almost piratical.
  • Like all gulets, Aleyna is absurdly romantic, with her rakish lines and piratical poop deck, blue canvas awnings and gleaming varnish thick as barley sugar.
  • Then the word lubber becomes one of the more fierce weapons in your arsenal of piratical lingo. Archive 2008-09-01
  • Many people think that was his name because it's piratical, and so it was appropriate that he called his yacht Corsair. Morgan: American Financier
  • In the conference call an healthy and pleasant man masterpiece celestite hazily hayfield an art confidence in his headband as piratically of his insignificance. Rational Review
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