pirate

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.
   broadly
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

Equivalents

51 more languages

العربيةالقرصانقرصان

Българскипират

Bosanskigusarpiratгусарпират+ 1 more

Catalàpiratapiratejar

Češtinapirát

Cymraegmôr-leidr

Danskpiratsørøver

Ελληνικάκουρσάροςκουρσεύωπειρατεύωπειρατήςπειρατικόςπειρατίνα+ 3 more

Esperantomarrabistopiratipirato

Eestipiraat

Suomikaapatamerirosvomerirosvolaivapiraatti+ 1 more

Gàidhligspùinneadair

Galegopiratapiratear

ગુજરાતીચાંચિયો

עבריתשׁוֹדֵד יָם

हिन्दीचांचियाजलडाकूजहाज़ी डाकूसमुद्री डाकू+ 1 more

Hrvatskigusarpiratгусарпират+ 1 more

Magyarkalózkalózhajó

Հայերենծովահեն

Bahasa Indonesiabajak lautperompak

Íslenskasjóræningi

Italianobucanierecorsaropiratapirateggiare+ 1 more

日本語海寇海賊海賊船

ქართულიმეკობრე

Қазақ тіліқарақшы

ភាសាខ្មែរចោរ

한국어해적해적선

Kurdîkorsan

Latinacursariuspiratapraedo

Lietuviųpiratas

Македонскигусарпи́рат

Bahasa Melayucetak rompaklanun

Maltipirata

မြန်မာပင်လယ်ဓားပြ

Nederlandsboekaniergepirateerdkaperpiraatpiraterenvrijbuiterzeerovenzeerover+ 5 more

Polskikorsarzpiracićpirackipiratpiratowaćspiracić+ 3 more

Portuguêsbucaneirocorsáriopiratapirateadopiratear+ 2 more

Românăpirat

Русскийкорса́рпиратпиратитьпираткапиратскийпиратский корабльпиратствоватьспиратитьфлибустье́р+ 6 more

Slovenščinagusar

Српскиgusarpiratгусарпират+ 1 more

Svenskapiratsjörövare

Kiswahiliharamia

தமிழ்கடற்கொள்ளைக்காரன்கடற்கொள்ளையன்

Тоҷикӣдузд

ไทยโจรสลัด

Tagaloglintawaninmamiratapiratatulisang-dagat+ 1 more

Türkçekorsan

Українськапірат

O'zbekchapiratqaroqchi

Tiếng Việtcướp biểnhải tặc

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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