pirate

IPA: pˈaɪrʌt

A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
A kind of marble in children's games.
(sports) someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc.
(soccer) someone connected with Bristol Rovers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

(transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
(transitive, copyright law) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
(transitive, copyright law) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
(intransitive) To engage in piracy.
(transitive, intransitive, Philippines) To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.

Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

Examples of "pirate" in Sentences

The city was plundered by pirates.
One of the pirates fell overboard.
Spoliation is common among pirates.
The pirates push Wendy to the plank.
The festival is named for the pirate.
The pirate with the oar winks at her.
He is a known as a bloodthirsty pirate.
The main trade of the pirates was slavery.
The pirates retreat and the islanders rejoice.
They were surrounded by pirates or freebooters.
Here is where things get tricky: as described by Han, it would seem that the word pirate has a positive connotation.
For our purposes the term pirate applies to all ships attacked while under way, either on the high seas or in territorial waters.
Henry, for one, knows exactly where he wants to go: someplace to “meet a pirate — a really bad pirate, the worst pirate in the world!”
What she was neglecting to realise was the simple fact that being a pirate is awesome and some serious swashbuckling skills would definitely help on my next voyage across the high seas.
The latest TV spot features two men diving into a pool to retrieve a treasure chest and, in a plot line that brings new meaning to the term pirate booty, getting chased through the streets by a posse of bikini-clad women.