Definitions for: Piracy

[n] the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
[n] robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

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

Synonyms: buccaneering, plagiarisation, plagiarism, plagiarization

See Also: copyright infringement, infringement of copyright, robbery

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