What Is Piracy? Piracy is defined in 18 U.S. Code Chapter 81. A number of criminal acts are covered under the federal definition of piracy. What makes those acts piracy — rather than just, for example, theft or murder — is that these crimes take place on the "high seas." More @Wikipedia
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