Definition of piracy

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Piracy (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..

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Conspiration :: Conspiration (n.) Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
Plot :: Plot (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Conspiracy :: Conspiracy (n.) A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement..
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
Conspiringly :: Conspiringly (adv.) In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy.
Piracy :: Piracy (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.
Conspiracy :: Conspiracy (n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot..
Piracy :: Piracy (n..
Catilinarian :: Catilinarian (a.) Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy..
Conspirator :: Conspirator (n.) One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter.
Complot :: Complot (n.) A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
Confederacy :: Confederacy (n.) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy..
Piracy :: Piracy (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..
Piratical :: Piratical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking..
Rove :: Rove (v. i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..
Conspiracy :: Conspiracy (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy..
Implicate :: Implicate (v. t.) To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc..
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