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单词 piracy
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piracyn.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪrəsi/, U.S. /ˈpaɪrəsi/
Forms: 1500s pirasie, 1500s–1600s piracie, 1500s–1600s pyracie, 1500s–1700s pyracy, 1600s piracye, 1600s– piracy; Scottish pre-1700 peracie, pre-1700 perassie, pre-1700 piracie, pre-1700 pirrace, pre-1700 pirracie, pre-1700 pirrasie, pre-1700 pyracie, pre-1700 pyrasye, pre-1700 1700s– piracy.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin piratia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin piratia piracy (1419–1606 in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek πειρατεία < πειρατής pirate n. + -ία -y suffix3; compare -acy suffix. Compare earlier piratry n.
1.
a. The action of committing robbery, kidnap, or violence at sea or from the sea without lawful authority, esp. by one vessel against another; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun]
scummerfare1358
pirating1526
piratry1526
piracya1552
rovery1575
roving1585
picarooning1727
sea-roving1841
piratism1882
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 17 Partely by Feates of Warre, partely by Pyracie.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1359/1 Fleeing first out of England for notable pirasies, and out of Ireland for trecheries not pardonable.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 224 On those coasts he rather exerciseth Pyracie, than Dominion.
1688 Panegyrick on James II in J. Barker Poet. Recreations ii. 87 All that Piracy and Rapine use.
1702 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 198 Condemned by the court of admiralty for 4 several pyracies.
1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second v. 170 The Algerine piracy may then be commanded to cease.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. i. 213 The Vikings confined their odious piracies to the Baltic.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xix. 337 The total suppression of piracy by Pompey had rendered the Mediterranean safe.
1919 E. Wharton French Ways vii. v. 147 The inhabitants are brave, hospitable, and generous, but fierce, treacherous, vindictive, and given to acts of piracy.
1984 Pract. Boat Owner Feb. 65/1 The Red Sea has coral reefs, headwinds, the possibility of piracy.
b. figurative and in extended use.
ΚΠ
1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F4v Go & deliuer my most-most [sic] hartie condemnations to all those that steale subiects hearts from their Soueraignes, say to althose, they shal haue my letters of Mart for their Piracie.
1659 T. Smith Let. in Def. Ministry §40 in Quaker Disarm'd From living in civil conversation, they come to joyn hands in that grand piracy, wherein the stronger swallow up the weaker.
1897 Marquis of Salisbury Speech in Lords 16 July It was feared..that under the appearance of educational reform a scheme of what he might call theological piracy would spring up.
1961 Washington Evening Star 10 Aug. a6/1 The latest victim of piracy in the skies was Pan American Flight 501 between Houston, Tex., and Panama City, Panama.
2003 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 30 Mar. 2 e That company and Enron wannabes—this was before Enron and piracy became synonyms—used complicated, bogus trades to drive up the price of natural gas.
2. The unauthorized reproduction or use of an invention or work of another, as a book, recording, computer software, intellectual property, etc., esp. as constituting an infringement of patent or copyright; plagiarism; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > plagiarism > [noun]
stealtha1568
stealing1612
plagiuma1620
plagiarism1621
plagiary1630
plagiary-shipa1661
piracy1700
book-padding1723
pirating1774
cribbage1830
plagiarization1884
1654 J. Mennes Recreation for Ingenious Head-peeces clxxvi All the wealth, Of wit and learning, not by stealth, Or Piracy, but purchase got.]
1700 E. Ward Journey to Hell ii. vii. 14 Piracy, Piracy, they cry'd aloud, What made you print my Copy, Sir, says one, You're a meer Knave, 'tis very basely done.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 76 They..would suffer by this act of piracy, since it was likely to prove a very bad edition.
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. iv. 71 With the view of securing his invention of the telescope from foreign piracy.
1886 Cent. Mag. Feb. 629/1 That there are many publishers who despise such piracy..does not remove the presumption that publishers and papermakers have been influential opponents of an equitable arrangement.
1977 Gramophone Apr. 1527/3 Governments have begun to realize that unauthorized reproduction of records (so-called piracy) adversely affects also the rights of..composers, authors and performers.
1996 China Post (Taipei) 1 May 16/3 Authorities here said they have cracked down on piracy in recent years, but foreign computer firms claim they are still soft on piracy.
3. Physical Geography. = capture n. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [noun] > capture
piracy1889
river capture1890
capture1898
the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > capture
piracy1889
capture1898
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [noun] > headward erosion > capture
piracy1889
river capture1890
capture1898
1889 W. M. Davis in Science 8 Feb. 108/1 One might well hesitate before accusing so innocent-looking a stream as Deer Run of such underhand designs. Yet the evidence of its piracy is too direct to be doubted.
1904 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. I. iii. 99 The foregoing case may be called foreign piracy because the valleys of different systems are concerned. Domestic piracy may also take place.
1939 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 50 1350 The stream pattern indicates that recent piracies have occurred.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 114 A wide valley, the main stream of which has been reduced by piracy.
1997 Sci. Amer. Oct. 14/2 The two found that ‘stream piracy’ had occurred after the last glaciation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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