(noun.) 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; 'air piracy'.
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双语例句
The slave-trade is now, by American law, considered as piracy. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
But Rome went on its way quite stupidly, oblivious to the growth of a newer and more powerful piracy in the north. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The average American rarely speaks of industrial piracy as immoral. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
It had come to buy and sell, and it found itself achieving a tremendous piracy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
He then secured his inventions by patents against piracy, and sustained them successfully in many a hard-fought battle. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Thereupon Carthage, which was also vitally concerned in the suppression of piracy, came to his aid, and put in a Carthaginian garrison at Messina. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.