pirate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pirate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for pirate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pirate n someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own Synonym(s): plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation Synonym(s): pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover a ship that is manned by pirates Synonym(s): pirate, pirate ship v copy illegally; of published material take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" Synonym(s): commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. t. To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pirate \Pi"rate\, n. [L. pirata, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to attempt, undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, [?] an attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See {Peril}.] 1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor. 2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas. 3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission. {Pirate perch} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States ({Aphredoderus Sayanus}). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pirated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pirating}.] [Cf. F. pirater.] To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pirate {software pirate}