Pirate

Quick meaning: Pirate is a noun meaning A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

Meaning

A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

More Meanings

1. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
2. (by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
3. (ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
4. A kind of marble in children's games.
5. (transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
6. (transitive, copyright law) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
7. (transitive, copyright law) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.

Example Sentences

You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.

They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.

And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies.

They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China.

Word Forms

• pirates
• pirating
• pirated

Synonyms for pirate

Depending on context, synonyms include corsair, freebooter, picaroon, raider, reaver, sea-robber.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include highjack, hijack, commandeer, expropriate, plagiarist, sea robber.

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