pirate

Meanings

Noun

• A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
• An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
• One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
• A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
• A kind of marble in children's games.

Verb

• To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
• To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
• To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of
• To engage in piracy.

Adjective

• Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

Related

Similar words

• bootlegger
• plagiarize, counterfeit
• pirated
• counterfeit

Origin

• From Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής, from πεῖρα.