air piracy
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- air pirate noun
Etymology
Origin of air piracy
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Outraged European Union authorities denounced the action as air piracy and imposed more sanctions on the country.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2021
Robinson pleaded guilty to attempting to intimidate a pilot, a far less serious charge than air piracy.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2013
The 1868 extradition treaty between Italy and the U.S. obviously makes no mention of air piracy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. David G. Hubbard, a Dallas psychiatrist and expert on air piracy, finds that skyjackers and political terrorists are almost always paranoid schizophrenics with overt suicidal tendencies�a deadly species.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though no West Germans were involved in the hijacking, the government asserted that Hamadei could be prosecuted for murder and air piracy under international antiterrorism conventions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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