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piracy

noun/ˈpʌɪrəsi/

A2CEFR level
14/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The unauthorised copying and distribution of copyright-protected works, typically on a commercial scale.

Online piracy of the film cost the studio millions in lost revenue.

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More law words: Intellectual property