pirate
A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
Example
“You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.”
Other meanings
An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
Related words
- antipirate
- archpirate
- biopirate
- cyberpirate
- piratable
- piratebush
- piratelike
- pirately
- pirateship
- piratess
- pirateware
- piratism
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "πειρατής".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pirate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.