piratic
Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Begin denied a charge by Moscow that Israel was planning a "piratic raid" on Syria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only rock 'n' roll reached England from the piratic Radio Luxembourg.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is something boisterous and piratic in Burly’s manner of talk which suits well enough with this impression.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
One phase of the submarine war has, indeed, thrown nearly the whole of the American Press into a state of excitement, namely, the piratic exploits of U53 off the coast of New England.
From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von
The pirates gathered on the deck and buckled on their swords, Rolled up their sleeves, and combed their beards, and spoke piratic words.
From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various
