pirate
noun
[ ˈpʌɪrət ]
• a person who attacks and robs ships at sea.
• "in the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates"
Similar:
freebooter,
marauder,
raider,
buccaneer,
privateer,
corsair,
rover,
sea rover,
picaroon,
filibuster,
sea thief,
sea robber,
water thief,
sea wolf,
sea rat,
water rat,
marooner,
pirate
verb
• use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.
• "his latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10 million in sales"
Similar:
reproduce illegally,
infringe the copyright of,
copy illegally,
plagiarize,
poach,
steal,
appropriate,
bootleg,
crib,
lift,
rip off,
nick,
pinch,
• rob or plunder (a ship).
• "nine ships were pirated off the coast of the country between 2006 and May of last year"
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin pirata, from Greek peiratēs, from peirein ‘to attempt, attack’ (from peira ‘an attempt’).
