pirates

/หˆpaษชษนษ™ts/

IPA: /P AY1 R AH0 T S/

noun
  1. 1

    A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

    โ€œYou should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.โ€

  2. 2

    An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

  3. 3

    One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

  4. 4

    A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

  5. 5

    A kind of marble in children's games.

verb
  1. 1

    To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

    โ€œThey pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.โ€

  2. 2

    (intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of

  3. 3

    (intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of

    โ€œNot willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.โ€

  4. 4

    To engage in piracy.

    โ€œHe pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pirate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pirates