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pi⋅rate

  [pahy-ruht] noun, verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
2. a ship used by such persons.
3. any plunderer, predator, etc.: confidence men, slumlords, and other pirates.
4. a person who uses or reproduces the work or invention of another without authorization.
5. Also called pirate stream. Geology. a stream that diverts into its own flow the headwaters of another stream, river, etc.
–verb (used with object)
6. to commit piracy upon; plunder; rob.
7. to take by piracy: to pirate gold.
8. to use or reproduce (a book, an invention, etc.) without authorization or legal right: to pirate hit records.
9. to take or entice away for one's own use: Our competitor is trying to pirate our best salesman.
–verb (used without object)
10. to commit or practice piracy.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < L pīrāta < Gk peirāts, equiv. to peirā-, var. s. of peirân to attack + -tēs agent n. suffix

Related forms:
pi⋅rate⋅like, adjective
pi⋅rat⋅i⋅cal  [pahy-rat-i-kuhl, pi-] , pi⋅rat⋅ic, adjective
pi⋅rat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. freebooter, buccaneer, corsair, plunderer.
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pi·rate   (pī'rĭt)   
n.  
    1. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
    2. A ship used for this purpose.
  2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
  3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
  4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.
v.   pi·rat·ed, pi·rat·ing, pi·rates

v.   tr.
  1. To attack and rob (a ship at sea).
  2. To take (something) by piracy.
  3. To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization.
v.   intr.
To act as a pirate; practice piracy.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pīrāta, from Greek peirātēs, from peirān, to attempt, from peira, trial; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.]
pi·rat'ic (pī-rāt'ĭk), pi·rat'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., pi·rat'i·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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