PIRATE

pirate

Noun

  1. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
    You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.
  2. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
  3. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

Verb

  1. To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
    They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.
  2. To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
  3. To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of
    Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.
  4. To engage in piracy.
    He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.

Adjective

  1. Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.


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