piracy

piracy is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or crime of a pirate. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or crime of a pirate.
2. noun. Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.
3. noun. the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

   Synonyms: plagiarisation, plagiarism, plagiarization

4. noun. hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it

   "air piracy"

   Synonyms: buccaneering

Synonyms

plagiarisation, plagiarism, plagiarization, buccaneering

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in piracy:

cypria, picary

Common word forms

piracies

Words from these letters

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