pirated

past tense of pirate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pirated 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pirated
Verb
  • The man reported to the Sheriff’s Office he had been scammed; the Sheriff’s Office then obtained a warrant and seized $14,120 from the ATM.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Clermont County Dog Warden seized the animals in May.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Exxon was the first American company to sue Cuban state companies, Cimex and Unión Cuba-Petróleo in 2019, for the exploitation of service stations confiscated by the Cuban government.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In this exclusive clip, the sisters encounter one of the magical objects their ancestor confiscated.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yes, Gein dug up graves and stole body parts.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Swift stole Smashing Machine‘s Dolby Cinemas.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Schlittler grew up a Red Sox fan but said his family has fully converted to being Yankees fans since the team drafted him in the seventh round in 2022.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Rain-fed fields in arid areas that had relied on dry farming for centuries were converted to water-intensive farms growing rice, and alfalfa.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Antideficiency Act, first passed in 1870, forbids the federal government from spending money not appropriated by Congress, and guides much of what the federal government can and can’t do during a shutdown.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Government funding has been appropriated this way for the past nine fiscal years, with Congress cramming 108 spending measures into 13 bills.
    Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Pirated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pirated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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