piracy

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English

The flag of Edward England, a well-known symbol of piracy

Noun

piracy (countable and uncountable, plural piracies)

1. (nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.

   How should the international community respond to Somali piracy?

2. A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
3. The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.

   Some video game consoles use specially designed cartridges to make software piracy more difficult.

4. The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
5. (ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.

Synonyms

• (robbery at sea): buccaneerism
• (breaking intellectual property law by making unauthorized copies): bootlegging, file sharing

Translations

robbery at sea

• Arabic: قَرْصَنَة‎ f (qarṣana)
• Asturian: piratería f
• Bulgarian: пиратство n (piratstvo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海盜行為 (hoi² dou⁶ haang⁴ wai⁴)

  Mandarin: 海盜行為 (zh), 海盗行为 (zh) (hǎidào xíngwéi) (actions), 海盜 (zh), 海盗 (zh) (hǎidào) (pirates)

• Czech: pirátství n
• Danish: pirateri n, sørøveri n
• Dutch: zeeroverij (nl)
• Finnish: merirosvous (fi)
• French: piraterie (fr) f, piratage (fr) m
• Galician: piratería f, pirataría f
• Georgian: მეკობრეობა (meḳobreoba)
• German: Piraterie (de) f, Seeräuberei f
• Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía)
• Gujarati: ચાંચિયાગીરી (cā̃ciyāgīrī)
• Hebrew: שוד ים‎ (he) m (shod yam), שֹׁד יָמִּי‎ (he) m (shod yami), פִּירָטִיוּת‎ (he) f (piratiyut)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: kalózkodás (hu)
• Ido: pirateso (io)
• Italian: pirateria (it) f
• Japanese: 海賊 (ja) (かいぞく, kaizoku), パイレーシ (pairēshi)
• Korean: 해적 행위 (haejeok haeng-wi), 해적질 (haejeokjil)
• Lithuanian: piratavimas (lt)
• Norman: pirat'tie f
• Polish: piractwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: pirataria (pt) f
• Russian: пира́тство (ru) n (pirátstvo)
• Somali: burcad badeed f
• Spanish: piratería (es) f
• Swahili: uharamia
• Swedish: sjöröveri n
• Thai: โจรกรรม (joo-rá-gam)
• Turkish: korsanlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: піратство n (piratstvo)

hijacking

• Danish: kapring c
• Finnish: kaappaus (fi)
• Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía)
• Hebrew: פִּירָטִיוּת‎ (he) f (piratiyut)

• Hungarian: eltérítés (hu)
• Italian: pirateria (it) f
• Norwegian: kapring
• Swahili: uharamia

unauthorized duplication

• Arabic: تَزْوِير‎ m (tazwīr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 著作權侵害, 著作权侵害 (zhùzuòquán qīnhài), 盜版 (zh), 盗版 (zh) (dàobǎn) (pirated edition)

• Danish: piratkopiering c
• Finnish: piratismi (fi)
• French: piratage (fr) f
• Georgian: პირატობა (ṗiraṭoba), კონტრაფაქცია (ḳonṭrapakcia), საავტორო უფლების დარღვევა (saavṭoro uplebis darɣveva), გამომცემლის უფლების დარღვევა (gamomcemlis uplebis darɣveva)
• German: Raubkopieren n; Raubkopie (de) f, Raubdruck (de) m (pirated edition)
• Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía)

• Hungarian: kalózkodás (hu)
• Italian: pirateria (it) f
• Japanese: 著作権侵害 (ちょさくけんしんがい, chosakuken shingai), パイレーシ (pairēshi); 偽版 (ぎはん, gihan)　海賊版 (かいぞくばん, kaizokuban)　(pirated edition)
• Polish: piractwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: pirataria (pt) f
• Russian: пира́тство (ru) n (pirátstvo), наруше́ние а́вторского пра́ва n (narušénije ávtorskovo práva), контрафа́кция (ru) f (kontrafákcija); пира́тская ко́пия f (pirátskaja kópija) (pirated edition)
• Swedish: piratkopiering c
• Turkish: korsanlık (tr)

unlicensed broadcasting

• Finnish: piraattiradiotoiminta
• Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía)

• Turkish: korsan yayın

See also

• pirate
• pirate radio