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
As it was, he was old-fashioned enough to see some sort of heinous ingratitude and offense in the fact of a son pitted piratically against his father.
From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell
It may be charged as done piratically, involving animus furandi.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.
Sammy had not ventured forth this time prepared for all emergencies, as he had the time that Dot and he ran away to sail piratically the canal.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
