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PRONUNCIATION OF PIRACIES

piracies  [ˈpaɪrəsɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIRACIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piracies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIRACIES


compasses
ˈkʌmpəsɪz
courtesies
ˈkɜːtəsɪz
cross-purposes
ˌkrɒsˈpɜːpəsɪz
degeneracies
dɪˈdʒenərəsɪz
delicacies
ˈdelɪkəsɪz
ecstasies
ˈekstəsɪz
ergatocracies
ˌɜːɡəˈtɒkrəsɪz
fantasies
ˈfæntəsɪz
idiocies
ˈɪdɪəsɪz
idiosyncrasies
ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkrəsɪz
isocracies
aɪˈsɒkrəsɪz
jealousies
ˈdʒeləsɪz
mobocracies
mɒˈbɒkrəsɪz
nomocracies
nɒˈmɒkrəsɪz
ochlocracies
ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪz
plutocracies
ˌpluːˈtɒkrəsɪz
slavocracies
sleɪˈvɒkrəsɪz
stratocracies
strəˈtɒkrəsɪz
technocracies
tekˈnɒkrəsɪz
timocracies
taɪˈmɒkrəsɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIRACIES

piracetam
piracy
Piraeus
piragua
pirai
Pirandello
Piranesi
piranha
pirate
pirate copy
pirate radio
pirate ship
pirated
piratic
piratical
piratically
pirating
piri-piri
piriform
pirl

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIRACIES

abbacies
accuracies
advocacies
agencies
aristocracies
autocracies
bureaucracies
confederacies
conspiracies
curacies
delegacies
democracies
facies
fallacies
inaccuracies
intimacies
legacies
lunacies
magistracies
pharmacies
theocracies

Synonyms and antonyms of piracies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PIRACIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «piracies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of piracies

Translation of «piracies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIRACIES

Find out the translation of piracies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of piracies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piracies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侵权盗版
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piraterías
570 millions of speakers

English

piracies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

piracies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعمال القرصنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

акты пиратства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piracies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

piracies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pirateries
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Curang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Piraterie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

piracies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

piracies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piracies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piracies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடற்கொள்ளைகளால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिसेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korsanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piraterie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piracies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

акти піратства
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piracies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πειρατείες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piracies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piracies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piracies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piracies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIRACIES»

The term «piracies» is normally little used and occupies the 136.316 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIRACIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «piracies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «piracies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piracies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIRACIES»

Discover the use of piracies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piracies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Borneo Facts versus Borneo Fallacies. An inquiry into the ...
The piracies of these Arab Seriffs and their Dyaks were so notorious, that it is needless to detail them here." For the present we have done with Captain. Keppel, who appears to have regarded Sir James Brooke as an infallible authority on this ...
Louis Alexis CHAMEROVZOW, 1851
2
Literary Piracies, Plagiarisms, and Analogies. Lectures, etc
Stephen Nolan ELRINGTON. and beneath the shadowy foliage of those younger trees which were not even planted, when I wandered a pleasant and capricious boy through this beautiful locality. Yes, I do rejoice to hear my humble voice ...
Stephen Nolan ELRINGTON, 1865
3
Romances and Narratives: Life and adventures and piracies of ...
A FORTNIGHT after the appearance of the " Memoirs of a Cavalier," Defoe published, on the 4th of June 1720, "The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the famous Captain Singleton : containing an account of his being set on shore in the Island ...
Daniel Defoe, George Atherton Aitken, 1895
4
The Works of Daniel Defoe: The life, adventures, and ...
The journey across Africa, with the detailed account of its lakes and deserts and rivers, its wild beasts and savages, and its gold and ivory, makes better reading than the balder and longer tale of Singleton's piracies. Yet this, as I have said, ...
Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier, 1905
5
The History of the Pirates,: Containing the Lives of Those ...
Containing the Lives of Those Noted Pirate Captains, Mission, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and Their Several Crews. : Also, and Account of the Piracies and  ...
Thomas Carey, 1834
6
The Lives and Bloody Exploits of the Most Noted Pirates, ...
PIRACIES,. &c. MUTINY ON BOARD THE BRITISH SHIP KATE. The crew, 8 in number, of the ship Kate, Captain Purdy, landed in the island of Guadaloupe, on the 24th of January, 1821. They slept on the beach that night, and next morning a  ...
Charles Johnson, 1837
7
An Authentic Account of the Most Remarkable Events: ...
PIRACIES,. &c. MUTINY ON BOARD THE BRITISH SHIP KATE. The crew, 8 in number, of the ship Kate, Captain Purdy, landed in the island of Guadaloupe," on the 24th of January, 1821. They slept on the beach that night, and next morning a  ...
R. Thomas (A.M.), 1837
8
The Lives and Bloody Exploits of the Most Noted Pirates, ...
PIRACIES,. dec. MUTINY ON BOARD THE BRITISH SHIP KATE. The crew, 8 in number, of the ship Kate, Captain Purdy, landed in the island of Guadaloupe, on the 24th of January, 1821. They slept on the beach that night, and next morning a  ...
‎1836
9
The History of the Pirates: Containing the Lives of Those ...
To which is Added, a Correct Account of the Late Piracies Committed in the West Indies; and the Expedition of Com. Porter. to be dead, but came to, and is now alive. They told the captain that they belonged in Regla, and should tell them all to ...
‎1825
10
The Pirates Own Book
The truth of it is, his piracies so alarmed our merchants that some motions were made in parliament, to inquire into the commission that was given him, and the persons who fitted him out. These proceedings seem to lean a little hard upon Lord ...
Charles Ellms, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIRACIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term piracies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Southeast Asia: The new piracy capital
Of this number, 21 were cases of suspected piracy, 22 were attempted piracies, and 13 were confirmed piracies. The ICC and IMB report ... «Global Risk Insights, Jul 15»
2
Comic Con pirates force release of 'Suicide Squad' trailer [Video]
One upshot of this weekend's dual Comic Con piracies could be that future Comic Con attendees may no longer get the chance to see ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
3
Piracy in the Malacca Strait: Can ASEAN Respond?
Of this number, 21 were cases of suspected piracy, 22 were attempted piracies, and 13 were confirmed piracies. Indonesia has the highest ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
4
ASEAN navies join forces over piracy
... cases of piracy had taken place in the Malacca Strait, of which 21 were cases of suspected piracy, 22 attempted piracies and 13 real piracies. «Jakarta Post, Jun 15»
5
(W)Archives: The Naval Lyceum and the First “X” Article
... commerce from the depredations of the belligerents, and from the piracies which will inevitably grow out of the civil war now raging there.”. «War on the Rocks, Jun 15»
6
What Criminal Laws are Congress Authorized To Make?
a) Art. I, § 8 grants to Congress authority to define & punish counterfeiting, piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, & offenses against ... «Tenth Amendment Center, Jun 15»
7
How Bush Empowered Obama to Erode the Constitution
... an uniform rule of naturalization," "regulate the value ... of foreign coin," "define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, ... «Town Hall, Jun 15»
8
A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA: Bounding Fire & Movement
Besides, the Constitution only delegates to the Federal Government police power in 4 areas - Counterfeiting, "To define and punish Piracies ... «Bearing Arms, Jun 15»
9
Why the US attorney-general is not offsides for going after Fifa
The US constitution gives Congress the power to "define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against ... «BDlive, May 15»
10
US the best referee to discipline Fifa
The US Constitution gives Congress the power to "define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against ... «The Straits Times, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Piracies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/piracies>. Apr 2024 ».
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