PIRACY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act or crime of a pirate.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

"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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