About The Word Piracy
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Piracy
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What's The Definition Of 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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Piracy: buccaneering | plagiarisation | plagiarism | plagiarization Related Terms | Find terms related to Piracy: See Also | copyright infringement | infringement of copyright | robbery Piracy In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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