piratic

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Prime Minister Begin denied a charge by Moscow that Israel was planning a "piratic raid" on Syria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only rock 'n' roll reached England from the piratic Radio Luxembourg.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Iphicrates first reached the Chersonese he and Anaxibius carried on war against each other by the despatch of guerilla or piratic bands across the straits.

From Hellenica by Dakyns, Henry Graham

The pirate replied, with a piratic oath, "Fire away."

From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

One phase of the submarine war has, indeed, thrown nearly the whole of the American Press into a state of excitement, namely, the piratic exploits of U53 off the coast of New England.

From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von