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piracy

/pahy-ruh-see/US // ˈpaɪ rə si //UK // (ˈpaɪrəsɪ) //

海盗行为,盗版,盗版行为,盗用

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pi·ra·cies.

    • : practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
    • : the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: The record industry is beset with piracy.
    • : Also called stream capture. Geology. diversion of the upper part of one stream by the headward growth of another.

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Examples

  • Much of the piracy appears to be coming from the US and India.

  • With governments preoccupied by the public health crisis, they’ve had fewer resources to devote to combating piracy.

  • It was not designed to deal with piracy at the scale that was about to erupt.

  • The most common technique to limit piracy is by adding watermarks that help trace which customer originally received the movie.

  • For years, piracy attacks on major shipping routes have been on a decline.

  • The record business is 98 percent piracy everywhere on the planet.

  • As with any new device, fears came up about privacy, security, the fear of looking like a dork, and piracy.

  • This also an area known for piracy, which means that military radar surveillance would have been highly active.

  • First charged with “piracy,” each member of the retinue now faces seven years in jail if found guilty of “hooliganism.”

  • Piracy has transformed into a well-developed business and I am part of that business.

  • William Kidd with others executed at Execution dock, London, for piracy.

  • It was the beginning of a policy which was to put an end to the piracy which had prevailed for centuries on those waters.

  • If you give me those documents, I will show them to the Captain—but he is not the sort of man—this is mere piracy, after all!

  • When the victim of Algerian piracy stood on the deck, dripping and indignant, and told his tale of woe, we were delighted.

  • He used to make voyages from port to port, partly for commerce, but more especially for piracy.