Piratically

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piratical \Pi*rat"ic*al\, a. [L. piraticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     piratique.]
     Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing,
     piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. "Piratical printers."
     --Pope. -- {Pi*rat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  piratically
       adv : in a piratical manner; "the piratically published edition of
             his book"

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PIRATICALLY, pleadings. This is a technical word, essential to charge the 
  crime of piracy in an indictment, which cannot be supplied by another word, 
  or any circumlocution. Hawk. B. 1, c. 37, s. 15; 3 Inst. 112; 1 Chit. Cr. 
  Law, *244.