"air pirate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-air pirate.wav Forms: air pirates [plural]
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  1. (science fiction, fantasy) A pirate who travels by aircraft and targets other aircraft, analogously to the actions of a traditional seafaring pirate against ships.
    Sense id: en-air_pirate-en-noun-bwU-ourO Categories (other): Fantasy, Science fiction Topics: fantasy, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  2. A person involved in air piracy (aircraft hijacking).
    Sense id: en-air_pirate-en-noun-qKaVGmHQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Aviation, Crime, Stock characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Aviation: 37 63 Disambiguation of Crime: 0 100 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 11 89

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