Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.

    How should the international community respond to Somali piracy?

    Piraterie, Seeräuberei

    пира́тствоpirátstvo

    піратствоpiratstvo

    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

  2. (countable, uncountable)A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.

    Some video game consoles use specially designed cartridges to make software piracy more difficult.

    Raubkopieren, Raubkopie, Raubdruck

    пира́тствоpirátstvo, наруше́ние а́вторского пра́ваnarušénije ávtorskovo práva, контрафа́кцияkontrafákcija

    піра́тствоpirátstvo

  4. (countable, uncountable)The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Kleptoparasitism.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. That's called piracy.

    Це називається піратством.

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  2. Kalman decided to take up piracy.

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  3. If purchase does not confer ownership, then piracy isn't theft.

    deWenn man durch Kauf nicht zum Besitzer wird, dann sind Raubkopien auch kein Diebstahl.

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  4. Movie theaters are losing more and more revenue due to internet piracy.

    ruКинотеатры терпят всё большие убытки из-за пиратства в интернете.

    deKinos machen wegen der Internetpiraterie immer mehr Verlust.

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  5. Minos put down piracy, that his revenues might come to him better.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
robbery at sea:
unauthorized duplication:
Русский
By meaning 2
robbery at sea:
unauthorized duplication:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
robbery at sea:
unauthorized duplication:

Origin

From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία

From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία (peirateía).

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Forms

plural: piracies
Singularpiracy
Pluralpiracies

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
robbery at sea:buccaneerism
breaking intellectual property law by making unauthorized copies:bootleggingfile sharing
Close in meaning
  • 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:buccaneering
  • the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own:plagiarismplagiarizationplagiarisation

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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