Definitions for piracies

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piracies pi·ra·cy

Spelling: [pahy-ruh-see]

IPA: /ˈpaɪ rə si/

Piracies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 370 anagrams from letters in piracies (aceiiprs).

Definitions for piracies

noun

1. practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
2. the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.:
3. Also called stream capture. Geology. diversion of the upper part of one stream by the headward growth of another.

Origin of piracies

1545-55; earlier pyracie Medieval Latin pīrātīa Late Greek peirāteía. See pirate, -acy

Examples for piracies

As with any new device, fears came up about privacy, security, the fear of looking like a dork, and piracy.

This also an area known for piracy, which means that military radar surveillance would have been highly active.

The record business is 98 percent piracy everywhere on the planet.

“piracy feeds a lot of people,” Ali says in the film, speaking candidly and unapologetically about his role in the operation.

Here is a great chance for you, since you declare yourself sick of piracy.

Outlawry, piracy, smugglery, were all goals too small for such operations.

I had thought to have done with piracy; thought to have done with it for ever.

Tried for piracy, probably, and the execution of some, if not all of us.

First charged with “piracy,” each member of the retinue now faces seven years in jail if found guilty of “hooliganism.”

Go back to school, Sir John, to learn that abduction is not piracy.