Pirate
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English
Noun
Pirate (plural Pirates)- A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
- One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
Verb
Pirate (third-person singular simple present pirates, present participle pirating, simple past and past participle pirated)
- (transitive, nautical) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
- (transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
- (transitive, intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of
- (intransitive) To engage in piracy.
Adjective
Pirate (comparative more Pirate, superlative most Pirate)
- Illegaly imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.
Adjectives for Pirate
ruthless; smiling; merciless; benevolent; ferocious; uncouth; notable; sanctimonious; wrangling; gallant; notorious; bloody; modern.
Verbs for Pirate
execute—; punish—; resist—; —captures; —chases; —conceals; —confiscates; —cruises; —dares; —despoils; —hangs; —murders; -pillages; —plunders; —roves; —scours; —scuttles; —smuggles; —tortures; —ventures; —violates.
Adverbs for Pirate
ruthlessly; mercilessly; ferociously; dangerously; notoriously; openly.
Thesaurus
AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, adopt, air pirate, airplane hijacker, appropriate, assume, bluejacket, borrow, buccaneer, copy, copyright infringer, corsair, crib, cribber, deep-sea man, derive from, fair-weather sailor, filibuster, fisherman, freeboot, freebooter, hearty, imitate, infringe, infringe a copyright, infringer, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, lift, limey, literary pirate, lobsterman, make use of, mariner, matelot, mock, navigator, picaroon, pinch, plagiarist, plagiarize, plagiarizer, poach, privateer, raider, reproduce, rover, sailor, salt, sea, sea dog, sea king, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, simulate, skyjacker, steal, take, take on, take over, tar, viking, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor
Etymology
From Old French pirate < Latin pirata < Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratēs) < πεῖρα (peira, “trial, attempt, plot”).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (one who plunders at sea): buccaneer, corsair, picaroon, privateer, sea rover
- (one who breaks intellectual property laws by copying): bootlegger
Related terms
Synonyms
- (appropriate by piracy):
- (make illegal copy): plagiarize, counterfeit
- (engage in piracy):
Synonyms
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Translations
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Adjective
French
Noun
Pirate m. and f. (plural Pirates)
- A pirate
Synonyms
- boucanier m.
- corsaire m.
- flibustier m.
Derived terms
- piratage m.
- pirater
- pirate de l'air m.
- pirate informatique m.
- piraterie de l'air
- piraterie informatique
- piraterie
Etymology
From Latin pirata.
Anagrams
- English nouns
- English verbs
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- English adjectives
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms derived from Latin
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