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Pirate   /pˈaɪrət/   Listen
Pirate

noun
1.
Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.  Synonyms: literary pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer.
2.
Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation.  Synonyms: buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover.
3.
A ship that is manned by pirates.  Synonym: pirate ship.
verb
(past & past part. pirated; pres. part. pirating)
1.
Copy illegally; of published material.
2.
Take arbitrarily or by force.  Synonyms: commandeer, highjack, hijack.



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"Pirate" Quotes from Famous Books



... a pirate's sword beautiful? I've read of precious stones in the hilt of a pirate's sword! That's not for the ...
— Weighed and Wanting • George MacDonald
... and surly. Sallied, however, by the assistance of a hired coach, and left cards for Count Pozzo di Borgo, Lord Granville, our ambassador, and M. Gallois, author of the History of Venice.[382] Found no one at home, not even the old pirate Galignani,[383] at whose den I ventured to call. Showed my companion the Louvre (which was closed, unluckily), the front of the palace with its courts, and all that splendid quarter which the fame of ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott
... spices and cloves that they should bring from the plantations of Pemba and Zanzibar. But there are no dusky beauties now aboard these ships; and their freight is rations and other hum-drum prosaic things for our troops. The red pirate's flag has become the red ensign ...
— Sketches of the East Africa Campaign • Robert Valentine Dolbey
... order a dinner with the rarest taste; it was due largely to him that the fame of the Ramos gin-fizz and the Sazerac cocktail became national. His grandfather, General Dreux, had drunk at the old Absinthe House with no less a person that Lafitte, the pirate, and had frequented the house on Royal Street when Lafayette and Marechal Ney were there. It was in this house, indeed, that he had met Louis Philippe. His grandson had such a wealth of intimate detail at his finger tips that it was a great pleasure ...
— The Net • Rex Beach
... at the False Hare's words, but Rudolf only laughed. "What luck!" he exclaimed. "I'm nine years old and I've never seen a real live pirate, and goodness knows when I ever will again—I wouldn't miss this for anything." Then, as he saw how really worried his little sister looked, he added cheerfully. "They may sail right past without speaking to us, ...
— The Wonderful Bed • Gertrude Knevels


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