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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piracy  \Pi"ra*cy\,  n.;  pl  {Piracies}.  [Cf.  LL  piratia,  Gr  ?. 
  See  {Pirate}.] 
  1.  The  act  or  crime  of  a  pirate. 
 
  2.  (Common  Law)  Robbery  on  the  high  seas;  the  taking  of 
  property  from  others  on  the  open  sea  by  open  violence; 
  without  lawful  authority,  and  with  intent  to  steal;  --  a 
  crime  answering  to  robbery  on  land. 




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