PIRACY

Piracy

Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator . The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents.

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piracy

Noun

  1. Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
    How shoud the international community respond to Somali piracy?
  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.


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