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Piratic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Piratical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Robbing or plundering by open violence on the high seas; as a piratical commander or ship.

2. Consisting in piracy; predatory; robbing; as a piratical trade or occupation.

3. Practicing literary theft.

4. The errors of the press were multiplied by piratical printers.

Piratical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking.

Piratically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828