piracy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
air piracy
Types & categories
- highjacking hypernym
Related & opposite
- hijack derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
Types & categories
- copyright infringement hypernym
Related & opposite
- pirate derivation
- pirate derivation
- plagiarize derivation
- plagiaristic derivation
- piratical derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hijack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | highjacking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pirate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pirate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plagiarize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plagiaristic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | piratical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | copyright infringement |