piratic

Example Sentences

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The only rock 'n' roll reached England from the piratic Radio Luxembourg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prime Minister Begin denied a charge by Moscow that Israel was planning a "piratic raid" on Syria.

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

The pirate replied, with a piratic oath, "Fire away."

From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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 Stevenson, Robert Louis