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.
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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.
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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.
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3.
“Sometimes used, in a quasi-figurative sense, of
violation of copyright; but for this, infringement is the
correct and preferable term.” --Abbott.
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