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piracy

[pahy-ruh-see] / ˈpaɪ rə si /


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Welch responds to the then-new phenomenon of online music piracy with practical concerns.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Fears of data piracy and legal liability are rational dissuaders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Netflix in a statement said it is conducting an investigation and is offering to monitor piracy sites for any unauthorized distribution or sale of the film.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

There have also been several unsuccessful attacks in a region where piracy appears to be making a comeback.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

It looked as if her piracy was forgiven, or at least forgotten.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Three are found in Article I, Section 8: counterfeiting, piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against international law.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2016

The piracies represented an oddly terrifying juxtaposition of technology and barbarism, an almost science-fiction quality of civilization in a retrograde time machine, stranded abruptly in a desert waste.

From Time Magazine Archive

Milton, Dante, Marlowe, Keats, and Browning, with those I have already named, and others, make up a goodly list of sufferers by this lighthearted corsair's piracies.

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome

"Not in the case of Blackbeard," snapped the Councilor, "because we know it would be violated as soon as this treacherous villain could safely return to his piracies."

From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover

The vessel was captured and brought into Halifax, and Jordan and his wife placed on their trial before a special commission for the trial of piracies on the high seas on 15th November.

From History of Halifax City by Thomas B. Akins




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