Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piracy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piracy \Pi"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Piracies}. [Cf. LL. piratia, Gr. ?.
See {Pirate}.]
1. The act or crime of a pirate.
2. (Common Law) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of
property from others on the open sea by open violence;
without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a
crime answering to robbery on land.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
piracy
n 1: robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the
control of those who are legally entitled to it [syn: {buccaneering}]
2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as
if they were your own [syn: {plagiarism}, {plagiarization},
{plagiarisation}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.