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With the thin, vertical scar down his right cheek, the general effect was faintly piratical.

Tryphon was the cause of originating among the Cilicians a piratical confederacy.

At the extremity of the Taurus is Olympus a mountain,251 the piratical hold of Zenicetus, and a fortress of the same name.

I do not wish to see a new Barbary rising in America, and our long extended coast occupied by piratical States.

About this time, several piratical vessels had succeeded in cutting off a number of merchantmen near the coast of Brazil.

With the thoughtlessness of youth Foster had never troubled his mind much about the piratical city of Algiers.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to piratical, such as: anarchic, barbarous, chaotic, turbulent, unruly, and violent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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