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Recent Examples on the WebDuring a recent moonlit harbor excursion, conversation quickly turned to tales of piracy and exploration. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 July 2022 Screeners of awards hopefuls are also distributed and lead to an inevitable spike in piracy. William Earl, Variety, 21 Oct. 2021 The relevant, realistic training program includes gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.Hartford Courant, 25 July 2022 With ownership and origin embedded in an NFT’s code, piracy is all but eliminated. Tomas Andren, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Russian console gaming has also long experienced extremely high piracy rates, limiting revenues for console makers in the country. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022 Despite the fact that the vast majority of 2021’s major films and television series made their debut on streaming services, there were 79 billion visits to piracy websites between January and September of last year, according to Akamai. Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2022 Consumers have greater access to content thanks to Netflix, Hulu, Spotify and Apple Music, which has also driven a decline in digital piracy. Joshua Lamel, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2022 The Office of the US Trade Representative has called out Russia as the international leader in video game piracy, and local surveys show that pirating cracked versions of games is common in the country. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin piratia, from Late Greek peirateia, from Greek peiratēs pirate