piracy

Other forms of piracy

plural

piracies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about piracy

What does piracy mean?

piracy means "hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in piracy?

piracy has 3 syllables: pi-ra-cy. The stress falls on "pi". In IPA it is /ˈpaɪɹəsi/.

What is another word for piracy?

Close synonyms include buccaneering, plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is piracy a common word?

piracy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.