The flag of Edward England , a well-known symbol of piracy Noun
piracy (countable and uncountable plural piracies
( crime , 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.
2022 March 11, “Russia has reportedly legalised piracy in the face of economic sanctions”, in GamesIndustry.biz
The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station .
( ornithology ) Kleptoparasitism .Translations
robbery at sea
Afrikaans: seerowery
Arabic: قَرْصَنَة f ( qarṣana )
Asturian: piratería f
Azerbaijani: dəniz quldurluğu piratlıq
Belarusian: піра́цтва n ( piráctva )
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) ( hǎidào xíngwéi ) ( actions ) , 海盜 ／ 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 (de) 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
Punjabi: ਕਜ਼ਾਕੀ f ( kazākī )
Russian: пира́тство (ru) n ( pirátstvo )
Somali: burcad badeed f
Spanish: piratería (es) f
Swahili: uharamia
Swedish: sjöröveri (sv) n
Tagalog: pamimirata
Thai: โจรกรรม (th) ( joo-rá-gam )
Turkish: korsanlık (tr)
Ukrainian: піратство n ( piratstvo )
unauthorized duplication
Arabic: تَزْوِير m ( tazwīr )
Bulgarian: плагиатство (bg) n ( plagiatstvo )
Catalan: pirateria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 著作權侵害 ／ 著作权侵害 ( zhùzuòquán qīnhài ) , 盜版 ／ 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 )
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 (ja) ( 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 falsificación (es) f
Swedish: piratkopiering (sv) c
Tagalog: pamimirata
Turkish: korsanlık (tr)
Ukrainian: піра́тство n ( pirátstvo )
