(rare) Relating to or befitting a pirate.

Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates. / (ornithology) Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.

present participle of pirate

In a piratical manner.

Alternative form of piratical

Able to be pirated.

The standard operating procedures for buccaneers in the late 17th century; covered division of plunder, behaviour, punishment and compensation etc.

Broadcasting without having the necessary license that covers the territory where the signals are received.

(US, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.