(n)hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it, Syn.buccaneering
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n.; pl.Piracies [ Cf. LL. piratia, Gr. &unr_;. See Pirate. ] 1. The act or crime of a pirate. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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☞ By statute law several other offenses committed on the seas (as trading with known pirates, or engaging in the slave trade) have been made piracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. “Sometimes used, in a quasi-figurative sense, of violation of copyright; but for this, infringement is the correct and preferable term.” Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]
[おうてんもんのへん, outenmonnohen](n) (arch) Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace)[Add to Longdo]