Synonyms for pirate
ˈpaɪ rətpi·rate

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1. pirateadjective

   Synonyms:
   pirated

2. piratenoun

   To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

   They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.

   Synonyms:
   pirated

3. piratenoun

   One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

   Synonyms:
   bootlegger

4. pirateverb

   To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of

   Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.

   Synonyms:
   sea rover, picaroon, privateer, corsair, buccaneer

5. pirateverb

   Synonyms:
   counterfeit, plagiarize

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1. pirate

   A robber seeks to obtain the property of others by force or intimidation; a thief by stealth and secrecy. In early English thief was freely used in both senses, as in Shakespeare and the Authorized Version of the English Bible, which has "two thieves" (Matt. xxvii, 38), where the Revised Version more correctly substitutes "two robbers."

   Synonyms:
   bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, depredator, despoiler, footpad, forager, freebooter, highwayman, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider, robber, thief

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1. pirate

   Synonyms:
   corsair, searobber, buccaneer, freebooter, sea rover

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1. plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, piratenoun

   someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

   Synonyms:
   sea robber, plagiarist, plagiarizer, buccaneer, literary pirate, plagiariser, pirate ship, sea rover

2. pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rovernoun

   someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

   Synonyms:
   sea robber, plagiarist, plagiarizer, buccaneer, literary pirate, plagiariser, pirate ship, sea rover

3. pirate, pirate shipverb

   a ship that is manned by pirates

   Synonyms:
   sea robber, plagiarist, plagiarizer, buccaneer, literary pirate, plagiariser, pirate ship, sea rover

4. pirateverb

   copy illegally; of published material

   Synonyms:
   hijack, commandeer, highjack

5. commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirateverb

   take arbitrarily or by force

   "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

   Synonyms:
   commandeer, hijack, highjack

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Steal

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1. piratenoun

   Synonyms:
   corsair, buccaneer, picaroon, free-booter, sea-robber, sea-rover

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1. piratenoun

   Synonyms:
   sea-robber, buccaneer, picaroon, corsair, freebooter, viking

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1. List of paraphrases for "pirate":

   pirates, hacker, cilician, hack, attacker, piracy, pirated, pirating

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How to use pirate in a sentence?

1. Massoel Shipping:

   It is understood the pirate gang boarded the Glarus by means of long ladders and cut the razor wire on deck to gain access to the vessel and eventually the bridge, having destroyed much of the vessel's communications equipment the criminal gang departed taking 12 of the 19 crew complement as hostage.

2. Saethor Asgeirsson:

   I voted for the Pirate Party last time and I will do so again. It is time for something new on the table.

3. Lisa Niziolek:

   Lisa Niziolek explained. In addition to ceramics, the ship was also carrying elephant tusks, possibly for use in medicine or art. Sweet-smelling resin, which could have been used for incense or for caulking ships, was also found. Previous carbon dating of the tusks and resin had dated the wreck to between 700 and 750 years ago. However, improved carbon dating techniques tell a different story. PIRATE MYSTERY : DOES THIS 300-YEAR-OLD BONE BELONG TO' BLACK SAM' BELLAMY ? When we got the results back and learned that the resin and tusk samples were older than previously thought, we were excited, we had suspected that based on inscriptions on the ceramics and conversations with colleagues in China and Japan, and it was great to have all these different types of data coming together to support it.

4. Steve Jobs:

   Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. It’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   i, ras cardo am here to make sure that-the express wishes of those who are dead will not be set aside by the evil works and schemes of those who are living and who would choose to steal and pirate our legacies. This is also my history.