From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pirate \Pi"rate\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pirated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pirating}.] [Cf. F. pirater.] To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pirate \Pi"rate\, verb (used with an object) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
They advertised they would pirate his edition. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pirate \Pi"rate\, noun [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.
2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
{Pirate perch} (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States ({Aphredoderus Sayanus}). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own [syn: {plagiarist}, {plagiarizer}, {plagiariser}, {literary pirate}]
2: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn: {buccaneer}, {sea robber}, {sea rover}]
3: a ship manned by pirates [syn: {pirate ship}]
verb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "pirate": AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, adopt, air pirate, airplane hijacker, appropriate, assume, bluejacket, borrow, buccaneer, copy, copyright infringer, corsair, crib, cribber, deep-sea man, derive from, fair-weather sailor, filibuster, fisherman, freeboot, freebooter, hearty, imitate, infringe, infringe a copyright, infringer, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, lift, limey, literary pirate, lobsterman, make use of, mariner, matelot, mock, navigator, picaroon, pinch, plagiarist, plagiarize, plagiarizer, poach, privateer, raider, reproduce, rover, sailor, salt, sea, sea dog, sea king, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, simulate, skyjacker, steal, take, take on, take over, tar, viking, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor
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