PIRATE
\pˈa͡ɪɹət], \pˈaɪɹət], \p_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_t]\
Definitions of PIRATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
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a ship manned by pirates
By Princeton University
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someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
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a ship manned by pirates
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
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To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
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To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
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To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
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To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
By Noah Webster.
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A robber on the high seas; one who uses another's literary work without permission and claims it as his own product.
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To rob at sea; to take and publish without permission or payment.
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Piratic, piratical.
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Piratically.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Piratically.
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One who attempts to capture ships at sea: a sea-robber: one who steals or infringes a copyright.
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To take without permission, as books or writings.
By Daniel Lyons
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Piratically.
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To subject to or practise piracy.
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A robber on the high seas; a vessel engaged in piracy.
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One who appropriates without right the literary work of another.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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