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
Yet the growth of the web has created a piratical view of who owns your data and how such 'owners' are entitled to share it.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2017
By temperament and appearance, Mr. Hinckle was almost piratical.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2016
The English had now come to realise the importance of the upper Irish Sea as a rendezvous for all forms of piratical bands; and the need of aggressive warfare at this point was clearly seen.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson
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