piratical
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Hunt is depicted in fin-de-siècle vest and suit jacket, his debonair mustache giving him a sophisticated, almost piratical air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
A piratical pastor in a boxcar and two rich, tuxedoed drunks on the same train are like admonitory bookends on the subjects of class and self-determination.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
In the debit column, he had an incurable habit of piratical thieving that leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
Its climax depicts an air battle between the Albatross, the piratical Robur’s flying machine, and a huge, state-of-the art balloon called the Go-Ahead.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2017
They therefore made an encampment on the coast, where they were joined by other piratical Englishmen who had selected the island as a permanent place of settlement.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
