'Pirate' definitions:
Definition of 'pirate'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own [syn: plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate]
noun
Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover]
noun
A ship that is manned by pirates [syn: pirate, pirate ship]
verb
Copy illegally; of published material
verb
Take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate]
Definition of 'Pirate'
From: GCIDE
- Pirate \Pi"rate\, n. [L. pirata, Gr. ?, fr. ? to attempt, undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, ? an attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See Peril.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission. [1913 Webster]
- Pirate perch (Zool.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States (Aphredoderus Sayanus). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pirate'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Pirate'
From: GCIDE
- Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. t. To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author. [1913 Webster]
- They advertised they would pirate his edition. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pirate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AB,
- able seaman,
- able-bodied seaman,
- adopt,
- air pirate,
- airplane hijacker,
- Ancient Mariner,
- appropriate,
- Argonaut,
- assume,
- Blackbeard,
- bluejacket,
- borrow,
- buccaneer,
- Captain Hook,
- Captain Kidd,
- copy,
- copyright infringer,
- corsair,
- crib,
- cribber,
- deep-sea man,
- derive from,
- Dylan,
- fair-weather sailor,
- filibuster,
- fisherman,
- Flying Dutchman,
- freeboot,
- freebooter,
- hearty,
- Henry Morgan,
- imitate,
- infringe,
- infringe a copyright,
- infringer,
- jack,
- jack afloat,
- jack-tar,
- jacky,
- Jean Lafitte,
- lift,
- limey,
- literary pirate,
- lobsterman,
- make use of,
- mariner,
- matelot,
- mock,
- navigator,
- Neptune,
- OD,
- picaroon,
- pinch,
- plagiarist,
- plagiarize,
- plagiarizer,
- poach,
- Poseidon,
- privateer,
- raider,
- reproduce,
- rover,
- sailor,
- salt,
- sea,
- sea dog,
- sea king,
- sea rover,
- seafarer,
- seafaring man,
- seaman,
- shipman,
- simulate,
- skyjacker,
- steal,
- take,
- take on,
- take over,
- tar,
- Varuna,
- viking,
- water dog,
- whaler,
- windjammer,
- windsailor