English to English
pirate
('p/aI/r/&/t
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noun (n)
- someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- copy illegally; of published material(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.(verb)source: webster1913
- To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.(verb)source: webster1913