piratic

Example Sentences

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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

An island is fine enough, in all conscience or piratic unconscientiousness, but an island in a river sounds like the beginning of the greatest adventure story on earth.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

They stole right and left, but no one complained much in these times of slack copyright; and, at all events, the piratic larcenous publications of the Dutch printers were pretty, and so far satisfactory.

From The Library by Lang, Andrew

There is something boisterous and piratic in Burly’s manner of talk which suits well enough with this impression.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis