单词 | piratry |
释义 | piratryn. Chiefly literary in later use. = piracy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] scummerfare1358 pirating1526 piratry1526 piracya1552 rovery1575 roving1585 picarooning1727 sea-roving1841 piratism1882 1526 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 315/1 The grete inconuenientis committit be Henry Bardiner..be way of piratry and as ane sey theiff. 1658 G. Downing Let. 17 July in J. Birch Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) VII. 245 Dunkerk..was in the hands of the Spanyards, by piratry. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies p. vi Piratery on that coast. 1892 A. J. Herbertson tr. P. de Rousiers Amer. Life iv. 95 The piratry has been abolished which gave Norway its great men. 1903 R. Kipling Five Nations Ded. Ere rivers league against the land In piratry of flood. 2002 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 26 July 9 e A Chamber of Commerce stalwart trying to rewrite the local history of slavery and piratry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526 |
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