How do you use Piratical in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like plunderer or pillager, plus the exact meaning.
Piratical in a sentence
Piratical meaning
- Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
- Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.
Synonyms of Piratical
Using Piratical
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates. | Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.
- Useful related words include: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler.
- In the example corpus, piratical often appears in combinations such as: the piratical, piratical raids.
Context around Piratical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Piratical
- In this selection, "piratical" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, signature, quick, raids, look and raiders stand out and add context to how "piratical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accelerated their piratical raids and against the piratical sextus pompeius. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "piratical" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with piratical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In an official complaint, an AA official claimed the Alleghenys' signing of Bierbauer was "piratical". (15 words)
Moore urged Kidd to attack the Dutchman, an act not only piratical but also certain to anger the Dutch-born King William. (22 words)
Similarly, Mrs. Partlet in The Sorcerer transformed into Little Buttercup in Pinafore, then into Ruth, the piratical maid-of-all-work in Pirates. (23 words)
Jack Draper was such a fan of Rafael Nadal growing up that he copied the Spaniard’s signature piratical look but that will not stop him fully believing he can cause a huge upset at the Australian Open on Monday. (40 words)
Catherine Hills suggests that it is no accident, "that the English call themselves by the name sanctified by the Church, as that of a people chosen by God, whereas their enemies use the name originally applied to piratical raiders". (39 words)
Horace was probably also with Maecenas on one of Octavian's naval expeditions against the piratical Sextus Pompeius, which ended in a disastrous storm off Palinurus in 36 BC, briefly alluded to by Horace in terms of near-drowning. (39 words)
Example sentences (11)
Jack Draper was such a fan of Rafael Nadal growing up that he copied the Spaniard’s signature piratical look but that will not stop him fully believing he can cause a huge upset at the Australian Open on Monday.
According to Polybius, she ruled "by women's reasoning". citation Teuta started to address the neighbouring states malevolently, supporting the piratical raids of her subjects.
Catherine Hills suggests that it is no accident, "that the English call themselves by the name sanctified by the Church, as that of a people chosen by God, whereas their enemies use the name originally applied to piratical raiders".
Horace was probably also with Maecenas on one of Octavian's naval expeditions against the piratical Sextus Pompeius, which ended in a disastrous storm off Palinurus in 36 BC, briefly alluded to by Horace in terms of near-drowning.
In an official complaint, an AA official claimed the Alleghenys' signing of Bierbauer was "piratical".
It was not an attempt to extend the Crusader influence into that sea or to capture its trade routes, but merely a piratical move.
Many were quick piratical raids, but others were large-scale attacks in which many Cypriots were slaughtered and great wealth carried off or destroyed.
Moore urged Kidd to attack the Dutchman, an act not only piratical but also certain to anger the Dutch-born King William.
Similarly, Mrs. Partlet in The Sorcerer transformed into Little Buttercup in Pinafore, then into Ruth, the piratical maid-of-all-work in Pirates.
The buccaneers' migration from Hispaniola's mainland to the more defensible offshore island of Tortuga limited their resources and accelerated their piratical raids.
Troughton's early thoughts about how he might play the Doctor included a "tough sea captain", and a piratical figure in blackface and turban.
Common combinations with piratical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: