Definitions for piracy

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piracy pi·ra·cy

Spelling: [pahy-ruh-see]

IPA: /ˈpaɪ rə si/

Piracy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in piracy (acipry).

Definitions for piracy

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 piracy

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

Examples for piracy

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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