pirate
Definition
- n. someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- n. a ship that is manned by pirates
- v. copy illegally; of published material
Word forms
- Past participle
- pirated
- Present participle
- pirating
- Past tense
- pirated
- Third person singular
- pirates
Example sentences
n.
The pirate stole valuable treasures from the ship.
vt.
Many people pirate software instead of buying it legally.
vi.
In the past, some men chose to pirate on the high seas.