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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piracy \Pi"ra*cy\, n.; pl {Piracies}. [Cf. LL piratia, Gr ?.
See {Pirate}.]
1. The act or crime of a pirate.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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 falsely representing the ideas or work of others
as your own [syn: {plagiarization}, {plagiarisation}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
piracy
{software piracy}
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it
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