Found 2 items, similar to Piracy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: piracy piracy n 1: robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it [syn: buccaneering] 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own [syn: plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Piracy Piracy \Pi"ra*cy\, n.; pl. Piracies. [Cf. LL. piratia, Gr. ?. See Pirate.] 1. The act or crime of a pirate. [1913 Webster] 2. (Common Law) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Note: By statute law several other offenses committed on the seas (as trading with known pirates, or engaging in the slave trade) have been made piracy. [1913 Webster] 3. “Sometimes used, in a quasi-figurative sense, of violation of copyright; but for this, infringement is the correct and preferable term.” --Abbott. [1913 Webster]