Piracy vs Stealing - What's the difference?
piracy | stealing |
(nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law (e.g. copying software unlawfully).
The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to steal .
(archaic, chiefly, in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
As nouns the difference between piracy and stealing
is that piracy is robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it while stealing is the action of the verb to steal.As a verb stealing is
present participle of lang=en.piracy
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- How shoud the international community respond to Somali piracy ?