pirate
noun
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
piratically
-
a word derived from
pirate.
Example Sentences
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As his energetic, expansive presence suggests, the piratically goateed González Iñárritu is no gently contemplative chamber-drama auteur.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2016
Philip Lynott, 1949–1986, singer-bassist, long of leg, long of jaw, singular smoky eye peeping piratically from beneath a lopsided Afro, is not generally counted among the top literary men of his city.
From Slate ● May 28, 2013
"I'm nothing more nor a bloody beach-comber," retorted Salem, stepping forward piratically and eyeing him; "and if you want to know, I shipped at the Islands about four months ago."
From Omoo by Herman Melville
The blaspheming pilot and five men were sent off with the vessel, but whether the craft foundered in Lake Huron or was piratically visited by the Indians, she was no more heard of.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
Pope had printed his own correspondence, and had tricked Curll into publishing the book piratically, whilst the public was quite prepared to believe that Curll had performed a new piratical feat.
From Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series by Sir Leslie Stephen
