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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

piraticus

, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

piratique

Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy;

as, a

piratical

undertaking

“Piratical printers.”

Pope.

–

Pi-rat′ic-al-ly

adv.

Adj.

[L. piraticus.] Robbing or plundering by open violence on the high seas; as a piratical commander or ship.

Consisting in piracy; predatory; robbing; as a piratical trade or occupation.

Practicing literary theft.

The errors of the press were multiplied by piratical printers.