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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pirate
n 1: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they
were his own [syn: plagiarist, plagiarizer,
plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate]
2: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea
without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn:
pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover]
3: a ship that is manned by pirates [syn: pirate, pirate
ship]
v 1: copy illegally; of published material
2: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the
plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack,
highjack, pirate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pirating.] [Cf. F. pirater.]
To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. t.
To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of
the author.
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They advertised they would pirate his edition. --Pope.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pirate \Pi"rate\, n. [L. pirata, Gr. ?, fr. ? to attempt,
undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, ? an
attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See
Peril.]
1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes
the property of another on the high seas; especially, one
who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or
plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in
a harbor.
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2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal
commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on
the high seas.
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3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the
work of an author without permission.
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Pirate perch (Zool.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the
United States (Aphredoderus Sayanus). It is of a dark
olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
software pirate
pirate
Someone engaged in software piracy.
(2010-02-03)
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6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
PIRATE. A sea robber, who, to enrich himself by subtlety or open force,
setteth upon merchants and others trading by sea, despoiling them of their
loading, and sometimes bereaving them of life and, sinking their ships;
Ridley's View of the Civ. and Eccl. Law, part 2, c. 1, s. 8; or more
generally one guilty of the crime of piracy. Merl. Repert. h.t. See, for the
etymology of this word, Bac. Ab. Piracy
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Thesaurus Results for Pirate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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