piratical

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
2. adjective Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.

Similar words

pirately piranhic piraic pelagic parasitical biopiratical pilgrimatic punicic paganic pelagian

Often followed by

expeditions raids attacks acts vessels and expedition craft activities

Word family

pirate pirates piratically