piratic
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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
Indeed, this name of Skelt appears so stagey and piratic, that I will adopt it boldly to design these qualities.
From Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson
When Iphicrates first reached the Chersonese he and Anaxibius carried on war against each other by the despatch of guerilla or piratic bands across the straits.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
As a slap in the face of the government, a fictitious letter was written, professedly from Newport, stating that a piratic ship had appeared off the coast, plundering, burning, and destroying.
From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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