1. (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.

2. (n.) 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. (n.)

abstraction adoption allocation allotment annexation appointment arrogation assignment assumption autoplagiarism boosting borrowed plumes borrowing colonization conquest conversion conveyance copying cribbing derivation deriving earmarking embezzlement encroachment enslavement filching fraud graft imitation indent infringement infringement of copyright invasion liberation lifting literary piracy mocking occupation pasticcio pastiche pilferage pilfering pinching piracy pirating plagiarism plagiarizing plagiary playing God poaching preemption preoccupation prepossession requisition scrounging seizure setting aside shoplifting simulation snatching sneak thievery snitching stealage stealing subjugation swindle swiping tagging takeover taking taking over theft thievery thieving trespass trespassing usurpation