pirate (noun)

  • 11pirate bird — noun : jaeger 3 …

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  • 12pirate — I UK [ˈpaɪrət] / US noun [countable] Word forms pirate : singular pirate plural pirates 1) someone who attacks ships while they are sailing in order to steal things from them 2) a) someone who illegally makes and sells copies of computer programs …

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  • 13pirate — /ˈpaɪrət / (say puyruht) noun 1. someone who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea. 2. a vessel employed by such persons. 3. any plunderer. 4. someone who appropriates and reproduces, without authorisation, the… …

  • 14pirate — pi|rate1 [ paırət ] noun count 1. ) someone who attacks ships while they are sailing in order to steal things from them 2. ) someone who illegally makes and sells copies of computer programs, books, videos, or CDs a ) only before noun made by… …

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  • 15Pirate Adventure — Infobox VG title= Pirate Adventure caption= developer= Adventure International publisher= Adventure International distributor= designer= Scott Adams series= engine= version= released= 1978 genre= text adventure modes= ratings= platforms= TRS 80,… …

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  • 16pirate — 1. noun a) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fannings fantasies. b) One who breaks intellectual… …

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  • 17pirate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Pirate is used before these nouns: ↑copy, ↑DVD, ↑radio, ↑ship, ↑station, ↑tape, ↑treasure {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Pirate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑music …

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  • 18pirate — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who dishonestly copies and sells another person s work 2 pirate radio/TV (station) illegal radio or television broadcasts, or the station sending them out: a pirate channel 3 someone who sails on the seas, attacking other… …

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  • 19pirate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. buccaneer, marauder, corsair, freebooter, sea robber, privateer; plagiarist. v. t. plunder, picaroon, appropriate; plagiarize, steal. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. thief, freebooter, plunderer …

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  • 20pirate — 1. noun 1) pirates boarded the ship Syn: freebooter, marauder, raider; historical privateer; archaic buccaneer, corsair 2) software pirates Syn: copyright infringer, plagiarist, plagiarizer 2. verb designers may pirate good …

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