"air pirate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air pirates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air pirate (plural air pirates)
  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. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Science fiction, Aviation
    Sense id: en-air_pirate-en-noun-bwU-ourO Disambiguation of Aviation: 51 49 Topics: fantasy, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  2. A person involved in air piracy (aircraft hijacking). Categories (topical): Aviation, Crime, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-air_pirate-en-noun-qKaVGmHQ Disambiguation of Aviation: 51 49 Disambiguation of Crime: 21 79 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

Inflected forms

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