Meaning of pirate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
2. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns
3. someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc.
4. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
5. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels
6. someone connected with Bristol Rovers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
7. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
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8. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
9. A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
10. A bird which practises kleptoparasitism
11. A kind of marble in children's games.
12. A kind of marble in children's games

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Examples

“You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.”

“The third day out a pirate (Terebinthian by her rig) overhauled us, but when she saw us well armed she stood off after some shooting of arrows on either part—”

“And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies.”

“They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China.”

“If we untangle the claim that technology has turned Johnny Teenager into a pirate, what turns out to be fueling it is the idea that if Johnny Teenager were to share his unauthorized copy with two million of his closest friends the effect on a record company would be pretty similar to the effect of some CD factory's creating two million CDs and selling them cheap.”

“Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purple aggies and pink panthers.”

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