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pirate

/ˈpaɪɹət/noun, verb2 syllables

Pirate means: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were their own.

Synonyms for pirate14

noun, as in someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were their own

plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate

noun, as in 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

noun, as in a ship that is manned by pirates

pirate ship

verb, as in take arbitrarily or by force

commandeer, hijack, highjack

also used for pirate

plagiarize, counterfeit, pirated

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What does pirate mean?5

noun

1

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were their own

2

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

3

a ship that is manned by pirates

verb

1

take arbitrarily or by force“The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami”

2

copy illegally; of published material

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pirate in a sentence

  • My grandfather was a pirate, a treasure hunter.marcelostockle
  • The pirate, sword in hand, leapt onto the deck.Eccles17
  • Bolstered by their victory, the pirates got drunk.tieguy
  • We saw something in the distance we believed to be a pirate ship.sundown
  • My great-great-great-grandfather was a pirate.CK
  • A pirate is an enemy to all mankind.jimkillock
  • The pirate was observing the sea with his monocular.Eldad
  • The fishing boat turned out to be a pirate skiff.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pirate

as a noun

plural
pirates

as a verb

past tense
pirated
present participle
pirating
third-person singular
pirates
past participle
pirated