piracy

5 definitions • 8 examples

the act of attacking ships in order to steal from them:

Piracy is alive and flourishing on the world's commercial sea lanes.

the act of illegally copying a computer program, music, a film, etc. and selling it:

software/video piracy

the practice of attacking and stealing from ships at sea

the act of illegally copying computer programs, recordings, films, etc. to sell them at much cheaper prices:

combat/crack down on/stamp out piracy Recording companies continue their efforts to combat internet piracy.

Despite a recent crackdown, levels of counterfeiting and piracy in the music and video markets remain unacceptably high.

internet/digital/online piracy

music/DVD/movie piracy

the act of illegally attacking a ship and stealing from it:

There are reports of another attempt at piracy off the northwestern coast.