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pi·rate
 pirate
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- pronunciation:
- paI
r
 t
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
someone who, for private gain, attacks or plunders ships at sea or raids coastal settlements.
- synonyms:
- buccaneer, corsair, freebooter
- similar words:
- brigand, marauder, pillager, privateer, raider
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| definition 2: |
anyone who robs or plunders.
a Wall Street pirate- synonyms:
- bandit, plunderer, raider, robber
- similar words:
- desperado, despoiler, gangster, looter, outlaw, pillager
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| definition 3: |
someone who illegally or unethically copies or uses another's writing, music, ideas, or the like.
a software pirate- synonyms:
- bootlegger
- similar words:
- counterfeiter, forger, plagiarist, plagiarizer
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| related words: |
bandit, brigand, desperado |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pirates, pirating, pirated |
| definition 1: |
to attack and plunder (a ship at sea).
- similar words:
- commandeer, hijack, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid
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| definition 2: |
to acquire (plunder) through an attack on a ship at sea.
- similar words:
- hijack, pillage, plunder
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| definition 3: |
to copy or use (another's writing, music, ideas, or the like) illegally or unethically.
He pirated three videotapes.- similar words:
- appropriate, lift, plagiarize, rip off, steal
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| related words: |
plunder, rob |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to perform actions characteristic of a pirate.
- similar words:
- loot, maraud, plunder, privateer, raid
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| related words: |
prey, rob |
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| derivations: |
piratic (adj.), piratical (adj.), piratically (adv.) |
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