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u'piracy
/\u02c8p\u028c\u026ar\u0259si/
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noun
noun: piracy; plural noun: piracies

1.
the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.
Similar robbery at sea freebooting buccaneering

a practice similar to piracy but in other contexts, especially hijacking.
"air piracy"

Origin mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek pirateia, from peirat\u0113s (see pirate).
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