piracy

The flag of Edward England, a well-known symbol of piracy

English

Noun

piracy (countable and uncountable; plural piracies)

1. (nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
2. A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
3. The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law (e.g. copying software unlawfully).
4. The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.

Synonyms

• (breaking intellectual property law by making unauthorized copies): bootlegging, file sharing

Translations

robbery at sea

Arabic: قرصنة (ar) (qárSana) f. Asturian: piratería (ast) f. Bulgarian: пиратство (bg) n. Chinese: Cantonese: 海盜行為 (hoi2 dou6 haang4 wai4) Mandarin: 海盜行為 (cmn), 海盗行为 (cmn) (hǎidào xíngwéi) (actions), 海盜 (cmn), 海盗 (cmn) (hǎidào) (pirates) Danish: pirateri (da) n., sørøveri (da) n. Dutch: zeeroverij (nl) Finnish: merirosvous (fi) French: piraterie (fr) f., piratage (fr) m. Galician: piratería (gl) f. German: Piraterie (de) f., Seeräuberei (de) f. Greek: πειρατεία (el) (peirateía) f. Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: kalózkodás (hu) Italian: pirateria (it) f. Japanese: 海賊 (ja) (かいぞく, kaizoku), パイレーツ (ja) (pairēshi) Korean: 해적 행위 (ko), 해적질 (ko) Lithuanian: piratavimas (lt) Polish: piractwo (pl) n. Portuguese: pirataria (pt) f. Russian: пиратство (ru) (pirátstvo) n. Somali: please add this translation if you can Spanish: piratería (es) f. Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: sjöröveri (sv) Thai: โจรกรรม (th) (john gam) Turkish: korsanlık (tr) Ukrainian: піратство (uk) n.

hijacking

Danish: kapring (da) c. Finnish: kaappaus (fi) Greek: πειρατεία (el) (peirateía) f.

Hungarian: eltérítés (hu) Italian: pirateria (it) f. Norwegian: Kapring (no)

unauthorized duplication

Arabic: تزوير (ar) (tazwiir) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 著作權侵害 (cmn), 著作权侵害 (cmn) (zhùzuòquán qīnhài), 盜版 (cmn), 盗版 (cmn) (dàobǎn) (pirated edition) Danish: piratkopiering (da) c. Finnish: piratismi French: piratage (fr) f. German: Raubkopieren (de) n.; Raubkopie (de) f., Raubdruck (de) m. (pirated edition) Greek: πειρατεία (el) (peirateía) f.

Hungarian: kalózkodás (hu) Italian: pirateria (it) f. Japanese: 著作権侵害 (ja) (ちょさくけんしんがい, chosakuken shingai), パイレーツ (ja) (pairēshi); 偽版 (ja) (ぎはん, gihan)　海賊版 (ja) (かいぞくばん, kaizokuban)　(pirated edition) Polish: piractwo (pl) n. Russian: пиратство (ru) (pirátstvo) n., нарушение авторского права (ru) (narušénije ávtorskovo práva) n., контрафакция (ru) (kontrafákcija) f.; пиратская копия (ru) (pirátskaja kópija) f. (pirated edition)

unlicensed broadcasting

Finnish: piraattiradiotoiminta

Greek: πειρατεία (el) (peirateía) f.

See also

• pirate
• pirate radio