Definition of Pirate
Noun: pirate pI-rut
- Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
"a self-confessed pirate";
- plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser [Brit], literary pirate
- Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
- A ship that is manned by pirates
- pirate ship
- (crime) copy illegally; of published material
- (crime) take arbitrarily or by force
"The Cubans pirated the plane and flew it to Miami";
- commandeer, hijack, highjack
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