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Thanks for elaborating my point. I'd clearly got the exact lineage of the etymology wrong, but the "anti-pirate bureau" clearly got it's name from the criminal activity, thus the "pirate bureau", cleverness aside, got its name form the same source.

Yes, the modern meaning is probably "doing something without a permit", but in the sense where something is illegal without a permit.




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