English
The flag of Edward England, a well-known symbol of piracy
Pronunciation
Noun
piracy (countable and uncountable, plural piracies)
- (nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
- Synonym: pirateship
How should the international community respond to Somali piracy?
- A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
- The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
Some video game consoles use specially designed cartridges to make software piracy more difficult.
- The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
- (ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.
Synonyms
Translations
robbery at sea
- Arabic: قَرْصَنَة f (qarṣana)
- Asturian: piratería f
- Bulgarian: пиратство n (piratstvo)
- Catalan: pirateria f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 海盜行為／海盗行为 (hoi2 dou6 haang4 wai4)
- Mandarin: 海盜行為／海盗行为 (zh), 海盗行为 (zh) (hǎidào xíngwéi) (actions), 海盜／海盗 (zh) (hǎidào), 海盗 (zh) (hǎidào) (pirates)
- Czech: pirátství n
- Danish: pirateri n, sørøveri n
- Dutch: zeeroverij (nl) f, piraterij (nl) f, kaping (nl) f
- Esperanto: piratado
- Finnish: merirosvous (fi)
- French: piraterie (fr) f, piratage (fr) m
- Galician: piratería f, pirataría f
- Georgian: მეკობრეობა (meḳobreoba)
- German: Piraterie (de) f, Seeräuberei f
- Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía)
- Gujarati: ચાંચિયાગીરી (cā̃ciyāgīrī)
- Hebrew: שוד ים (he) m (shod yam), שֹׁד יָמִּי (he) m (shod yami), פִּירָטִיוּת (he) f (piratiyut)
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- Hungarian: kalózkodás (hu)
- Ido: pirateso (io)
- Italian: pirateria (it) f
- Japanese: 海賊 (ja) (かいぞく, kaizoku), パイレーシ (pairēshi)
- Korean: 해적 행위 (haejeok haeng'wi), 해적질 (haejeokjil)
- Latin: pīrātica f
- Lithuanian: piratavimas (lt)
- Norman: pirat'tie f
- Polish: piractwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: pirataria (pt) f
- Russian: пира́тство (ru) n (pirátstvo)
- Somali: burcad badeed f
- Spanish: piratería (es) f
- Swahili: uharamia
- Swedish: sjöröveri n
- Thai: โจรกรรม (joo-rá-gam)
- Turkish: korsanlık (tr)
- Ukrainian: піратство n (piratstvo)
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unauthorized duplication
- Arabic: تَزْوِير m (tazwīr)
- Catalan: pirateria f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 著作權侵害／著作权侵害, 著作权侵害 (zhùzuòquán qīnhài), 盜版／盗版 (zh) (dàobǎn), 盗版 (zh) (dàobǎn) (pirated edition)
- Danish: piratkopiering c
- Dutch: piraterij (nl) f
- Finnish: piratismi (fi)
- French: piratage (fr) f
- Galician: piratería f, pirataría f
- Georgian: პირატობა (ṗiraṭoba), კონტრაფაქცია (ḳonṭrapakcia), საავტორო უფლების დარღვევა (saavṭoro uplebis darɣveva), გამომცემლის უფლების დარღვევა (gamomcemlis uplebis darɣveva)
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- German: Raubkopieren n; Raubkopie (de) f, Raubdruck (de) m (pirated edition)
- Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía)
- Hungarian: kalózkodás (hu)
- Italian: pirateria (it) f
- Japanese: 著作権侵害 (ちょさくけんしんがい, chosakuken shingai), パイレーシ (pairēshi); 偽版 (ぎはん, gihan) 海賊版 (かいぞくばん, kaizokuban) (pirated edition)
- Polish: piractwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: pirataria (pt) f
- Russian: пира́тство (ru) n (pirátstvo), наруше́ние а́вторского пра́ва n (narušénije ávtorskovo práva), контрафа́кция (ru) f (kontrafákcija); пира́тская ко́пия f (pirátskaja kópija) (pirated edition)
- Spanish: piratería (es) f
- Swedish: piratkopiering (sv) c
- Turkish: korsanlık (tr)
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