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Definition of piracy noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

piracy

noun

NAmE//ˈpaɪrəsi//

[uncountable]

1the crime of attacking ships at sea in order to steal from them

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2the act of making illegal copies of DVDs, computer programs, books, etc., in order to sell them software piracy see pirate

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