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Meaning of Warez | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
wɛə(ɹ)z

Definitions

Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.

Internet, Leet, dated, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“By the end of the day Mad Hatter, a ringleader of the software piracy group called the Inner Circle, will have poured 300 Mbytes of illegal “warez” onto the Internet.”
“Too many gamers see nothing wrong with downloading “warez” (usually pronounced “wares,” but also “wah-rez”), retail software products that have been “ripped” to make them smaller and remove copy protection.”
“Warez appeared in the 1980s with the advent of Bulletin Board Systems.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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