Defenition of the word pirate
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Defenition of the word pirate
- A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
- A member of a pirate party.
- take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
- copy illegally; of published material
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- a ship manned by pirates
- someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own
- someone who uses another person''s words or ideas as if they were his own
- a ship that is manned by pirates
- someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- take arbitrarily or by force
Synonyms for the word pirate
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- bandit
- bootleg
- brigand
- buccaneer
- commandeer
- copy illegally
- expropriate
- highjack
- hijack
- lift
- literary pirate
- pirate ship
- plagiarist
- plagiarize
- reproduce
- sea robber
- sea rover
Similar words in the pirate
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- pirate
- pirate's
- pirated
- pirates
Hyponyms for the word pirate
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- Barbary pirate
- Bartholomew Roberts
- Blackbeard
- carjack
- corsair
- Edward Teach
- Edward Thatch
- Henry Morgan
- Jean Laffite
- Jean Lafitte
- Laffite
- Lafitte
- Morgan
- Roberts
- sea king
- Sir Henry Morgan
- skyjack
- Teach
- Thatch
Hypernyms for the word pirate
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- despoiler
- freebooter
- looter
- pillager
- plunderer
- raider
- seize
- ship
- spoiler
- steal
- stealer
- thief
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