BIOPIRACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biopiracy mean? 

• BIOPIRACY (noun)
  The noun BIOPIRACY has 1 sense:

1. biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use

  Familiarity information: BIOPIRACY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOPIRACY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("biopiracy" is a kind of...):

larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)