pirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪɹət/
ipa: [ˈpaɪ̯(ə)ɹɪt]
ipa: /ˈpaɪɹət/
text: -
note: Indic
ipa: /paiɾeːʈ/
Forms: form: pirates
form: pyrate
Etymology: From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking".
Senses: examples: text: You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.
synonyms: buccaneer
corsair
sea-robber
qualifier: crime
glosses: A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
examples: text: The third day out a pirate (Terebinthian by her rig) overhauled us, but when she saw us well armed she stood off after some shooting of arrows on either part—
ref: 1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
glosses: An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
examples: text: And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies.
ref: 2001, unidentified insider, quoted in John Alderman, Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music, Da Capo Press, page 178
text: They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China.
ref: 2004, David Lubar, Dunk, page 20:
text: If we untangle the claim that technology has turned Johnny Teenager into a pirate, what turns out to be fueling it is the idea that if Johnny Teenager were to share his unauthorized copy with two million of his closest friends the effect on a record company would be pretty similar to the effect of some CD factory's creating two million CDs and selling them cheap.
ref: 2008, Martha Vicinus, Caroline Eisner, Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age, page 21:
synonyms: bootlegger
glosses: One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
examples: text: Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purple aggies and pink panthers.
ref: 1999, Abdelkader Benali, Susan Massotty, Wedding by the Sea, page 60:
glosses: A kind of marble in children's games.
Synonyms: word: buccaneer
word: corsair
word: freebooter
word: picaroon
word: pirate
word: raider
word: reaver
word: sea rat
word: sea-robber
word: sea rover
Hypernyms: word: criminal
word: plunderer
word: sailor
word: thief
Hyponyms: word: filibuster
word: privateer
word: sea king
word: seajacker
word: viking
Derived terms: air pirate
antipirate
arch-pirate
archpirate
bee pirate
biopirate
butt pirate
cyberpirate
land pirate
minute pirate bug
piracy
piratable
pirate articles
pirate bug
piratebush
pirated
piratelike
pirately
pirate perch
pirate radio
pirate round
pirate ship
pirateship
pirate shirt
pirate spider
piratess
pirateware
piratey
piratic
piratical
piratism
poo pirate
porch pirate
puddle pirate
Related terms: word: arr
word: blackjack
word: black spot
word: booty
word: go on the account
word: Jolly Roger
word: letter of marque
word: matey
word: pirate articles
word: pirate round
word: shiver my timbers
word: skull and crossbones
word: treasure chest
word: walk the gangplank
word: walk the plank
word: yo-ho-ho