pirate

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Synonyms: irate, prate, pilate, pyrate, lirate, mirate, picrate, pirata, porate, pirade, pirat

Antonyms: irate, prate, pilate, pyrate, lirate, mirate, picrate, pirata, porate, pirade, pirat

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q10729326}} A [[criminal]] who [[plunder]]s at [[sea]]; commonly [[attack]]ing [[merchant]] [[vessel]]s, though often [[pillage|pillaging]] [[port]] towns.
2. An [[armed]] [[ship]] or [[vessel]] that [[sail]]s for the purpose of [[plunder]]ing other vessels.
3. {{senseid|en|intellectual property thief}} {{lb|en|by extension}} One who [[break]]s [[intellectual property]] [[law]]s by [[reproduce|reproducing]] [[protected]] [[work]]s without [[permission]].
4. {{lb|en|ornithology}} A [[bird]] which practises [[kleptoparasitism]].
5. A kind of [[marble]] in children's games.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To appropriate by [[piracy]]; to [[plunder]] at [[sea]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|intellectual property}} To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|intellectual property}} To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To engage in [[piracy]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|Philippines}} To [[entice]] an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.

Adjective

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

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