piratical, piratic

[Latin piratic us, from pirata = a pirate (q. v.); Gr. peiratikos; Fr. piratique; Ital. & Sp. piratico.] IMG:content-1128.png:[blocks in formation] II. Fig .: Practicing literary piracy. "The errors of the pre were multiplied by piratical printers."-Pope: Letters. (Pref.) pi-rat-ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. piratical; -ly.] In a piratical manner; by piracy. "Certain goods piratically taken upon the seas." State Trials; Lord Seymour (an. 1549).