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
What horror to look into the muddy sediment which floats round the piratic keel!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various
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
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
