Definition of pirate
:one who commits or practices piracy
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Examples of pirate in a Sentence
the famous pirate Jean Lafitte
A software pirate made bootleg copies of the computer program.
Recent Examples of pirate from the Web
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Watson said one judge deemed him a pirate because of his tactics.
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Watson said one judge deemed him a pirate because of his tactics.
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If Elsevier cuts off access again, German researchers who want to read articles from Elsevier journals, among them Cell, The Lancet, and Physics Reports, will have to resort to measures such as interlibrary loans—or go to pirate sites like SciHub.
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Well, y’all are basically running a pirate station.
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Gasparilla is an annual pirate festival that has been held in Tampa for the past century.
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Disney reportedly tested out video mapping of the individual pirates on the Columbia that would have transformed the flesh-and-blood buccaneers into skeleton scallywags in an homage to the movies.
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In 2012, the Portland backed into a replica pirate ship at the Heritage Maritime Festival in St. Helens.
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Recently the U.S. Defense Department began sharing a new technology, Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), which emits an eardrum-busting sound that can be aimed at pirates.
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Origin and Etymology of pirate
Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin pirata, from Greek peiratēs, from peiran to attempt — more at fear
Definition of pirate
pirated;
pirating
transitive verb
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:to commit piracy on
2
:to take or appropriate by piracy: such as
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:to reproduce without authorization especially in infringement of copyright
b
:to lure away from another employer by offers of betterment
intransitive verb
:to commit or practice piracy
Examples of pirate in a Sentence
He was accused of pirating their invention.
using pirated software that was subject to copyright
Recent Examples of pirate from the Web
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Most of the memes of the image are pirated online spoofs, so Guillem is not getting much in the way of a copyright kickback.
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The problem is when the content of those kinds of services feature is pirated, breaking copyright laws and preventing the owner of that content from making money.
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Earlier on Saturday, Belgium's Simon Delestre and his best friend Jérôme Guéry of France gave St. Tropez Pirates a win in the Global Champions League team competition.
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Sell better toys and shut down companies that are pirating their stuff.
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According to insiders, however, the threat never involved Pirates 5, and no movie might have actually been pirated.
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Each owns popular portals that at first operated more like YouTube, hosting user-generated, sometimes pirated, content....
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China went from being almost entirely pirated into what is now a legitimate market, although still a challenging one.
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Since its publication in 1862, Victor Hugo’s masterpiece has been pirated, doctored, distorted, bowdlerized and flat-out betrayed by publishers, translators, filmmakers and musical impresarios from around the globe.
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First Known Use of pirate
1577
pirate Synonyms
Synonyms
arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, appropriate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurpRelated Words
annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester; assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest; despoil, loot, pillage; encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass; embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculatePIRATE Defined for English Language Learners
pirate
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noun
Definition of pirate for English Language Learners
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: someone who attacks and steals from a ship at sea
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: someone who illegally copies a product or invention without permission
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: a person or organization that illegally makes television or radio broadcasts
pirate
verb
Definition of pirate for English Language Learners
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: to illegally copy (something) without permission
PIRATE Defined for Kids
pirate
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noun
pi·rate
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Definition of pirate for Students
:a robber of ships at sea :a person who commits piracy
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of pirate
pirated;
pirating
transitive verb
:to take or appropriate by piracy;
especially
:to copy, distribute, or use without authorization especially in infringement of copyright
- the pirated software
- pirating cable signals
intransitive verb
:to commit piracy — compare bootleg
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