piratical

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Piratical Captain Dover once described a vague malaise that sailors often get as acute catarrhal fever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Piratical swaggering fellows, knife-blades mingled with small hand-projectors fastened to their belts.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry

Piratical swaggering fellows, knife-blades mingled with small hand projectors fastened to their belts.

From Brigands of the Moon by Cummings, Ray

The Society for Piratical Research," said the Third Vice-President, "is coming back to life!

From The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by Bowen, William

The Third Vice-President of the Society for Piratical Research brushed past him into the room, and the other six members followed him.

From The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by Bowen, William