Piracy is defined as attacking and robbing a ship at sea, or stealing someone else's intellectual property.
(noun)See piracy in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. piracies
Origin: ML piratia < Gr peirateia < peiratēs, pirate
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noun pl. pi·ra·cies
Origin:
Origin: Medieval Latin pīrātia
Origin: , from Late Greek peirāteia
Origin: , from Greek peirātēs, pirate; see pirate
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