Synonyms of pirated

pirated

verb

past tense of pirate

as in seized

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

using pirated software that was subject to copyright

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seized
• confiscated
• stole
• converted
• appropriated
• grabbed
• claimed
• usurped
• commandeered
• occupied
• assumed
• invaded
• looted
• expropriated
• preempted
• snatched
• annexed
• took over
• arrogated
• pressed
• impounded
• attached
• pillaged
• repossessed
• infringed
• despoiled
• sequestered
• encroached
• misappropriated
• misused
• trespassed
• embezzled
• collared
• wrenched
• grasped
• preoccupied
• misapplied
• wrested
• peculated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pirated

Any livestream could be pirated. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 25 June 2026

The version of the film that was ultimately pirated across the internet was a high quality file, potentially indicating a breach of systems maintained by those that worked on the movie. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026

The reality that her likeness had been basically pirated settled in. — Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026

Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026

So, the Board of Supervisors, through the County Executive Officer, has pirated the Treasurer’s office and is now plundering it. — John Moorlach, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026

Justin Nelson, an attorney for the authors, told Alsup that about 465,000 books are on the list of works pirated by Anthropic. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025

The judge's order asserts that Anthropic pirated more than 7 million copies of books. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025