piratical

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking.

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Examples

When she (Maria) had come abreast of the little island of Mistress Masham's Repose, she began to feel piratical. Swouns and Slids, she said to herself, but you could slap her vitals if she did not careen there, and perhaps dig up some buried treasure while about it. T. H. White

Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Friedrich Nietzsche

I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy. Will Oldham

piratical attackers Source: Internet

piratical editions of my book Source: Internet

According to Polybius, she ruled "by women's reasoning". citation Teuta started to address the neighbouring states malevolently, supporting the piratical raids of her subjects. Source: Internet

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