piratical

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Hunt is depicted in fin-de-siècle vest and suit jacket, his debonair mustache giving him a sophisticated, almost piratical air.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

When he returned, he had a piratical grin and a glint in his eyes.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

A piratical pastor in a boxcar and two rich, tuxedoed drunks on the same train are like admonitory bookends on the subjects of class and self-determination.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Yet the growth of the web has created a piratical view of who owns your data and how such 'owners' are entitled to share it.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2017

From time immemorial the coast of the Delta had been carefully guarded against the piratical attacks of the barbarians of the north.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)