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piratic Definition


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pirate
noun
    1. Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.
      Thesaurus: thief, robber, raider, plunderer, marauder, buccaneer, sea-wolf, sea-rover.
    2. The ship used by pirates.
    3. Someone who publishes material without permission from the copyright-holder, or otherwise uses someone else's work illegally.
    4. Someone who runs a radio station without a licence.
verb
    pirated, pirating
    1. To publish, reproduce or use (someone else's literary or artistic work, or ideas) without legal permission.
      Thesaurus: steal, appropriate, plagiarize, copy, reproduce, lift (slang), crib (slang), nick (slang).
Derivative: piratic
adj
    Derivative: piratically
    adverb
      Etymology: 15c: from Latin pirata, from Greek peirates, from peiraein to try one's fortune.



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