Pirate
noun
A person who attacks and steals from ships at sea.
The pirate attacked the merchant ship and stole all its gold.
Often appears as...
- pirate ship
- pirate treasure
noun
A person who unlawfully copies and sells others' work, such as music, movies, or software products.
The police arrested the man for being a software pirate.
Often appears as...
- software pirate
- music pirate
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To illegally copy and sell someone else's work, like music, movies, or software.
He was caught pirating popular movies and distributing them online.
Often appears as...
- pirate music
- pirate movies
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who attacks and steals from ships at sea.
The pirate attacked the merchant ship and stole all its gold.
Often appears as...
- pirate ship
- pirate treasure
noun
A person who unlawfully copies and sells others' work, such as music, movies, or software products.
The police arrested the man for being a software pirate.
Often appears as...
- software pirate
- music pirate
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To illegally copy and sell someone else's work, like music, movies, or software.
He was caught pirating popular movies and distributing them online.
Often appears as...
- pirate music
- pirate movies
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Romanticism
In culture, pirates are often romanticized as adventurous rebels, but historically they were feared.
Pirate stories usually downplay the brutality of historical sea pirates.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'pirate' as a metaphor suggests someone is untrustworthy and steals openly.
His rivals called him a business pirate due to his aggressive takeover tactics.
Pro Tip 3/3Misleading Stereotypes
Avoid assuming real pirates have parrots or treasure hunts, as popularized in fiction.
Despite what you see in movies, most pirates did not have treasure maps.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Romanticism
In culture, pirates are often romanticized as adventurous rebels, but historically they were feared.
Pirate stories usually downplay the brutality of historical sea pirates.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'pirate' as a metaphor suggests someone is untrustworthy and steals openly.
His rivals called him a business pirate due to his aggressive takeover tactics.
Pro Tip 3/3Misleading Stereotypes
Avoid assuming real pirates have parrots or treasure hunts, as popularized in fiction.
Despite what you see in movies, most pirates did not have treasure maps.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Romanticism
In culture, pirates are often romanticized as adventurous rebels, but historically they were feared.
Pirate stories usually downplay the brutality of historical sea pirates.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'pirate' as a metaphor suggests someone is untrustworthy and steals openly.
His rivals called him a business pirate due to his aggressive takeover tactics.
Pro Tip 3/3Misleading Stereotypes
Avoid assuming real pirates have parrots or treasure hunts, as popularized in fiction.
Despite what you see in movies, most pirates did not have treasure maps.
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A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
sociability in this white pirate here and then if you put back the microbes and then you can increase and make these back and these mice social again and so this is really powerful and we're studying how which bacteria influence sociability how do they interact with
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Why Shakespeare loved...
Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island A curve for unstressed syllables, and a shoe outline for stressed ones.
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The most successful...
spent most of their time ashore, sometimes sabotaging their own vessels to avoid battle at sea. With little to stop them, the pirates were able to mount successful —and often brutal— raids on garrisons, villages, and markets throughout the coast.
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How much of human...
like ancient harbor walls and quays. We also see more shipwrecks sunk by storms, war, and collisions. We're still excavating many of these wrecks today, like Blackbeard's ship, which is revealing secrets about life as an 18th century pirate.
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The $8 billion iPod PIPE...
if we use pennies. Now this is obviously a powerful, some might say dangerously powerful, insight. But it's also a morally important one. Because this isn't just the hypothetical retail value of some pirated movies that we're talking about,
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Pirate's Code PIPE National...
this was radical if not revolutionary back on land society was divided between rich and poor and such equality was unheard of I think you could say that life on board the pirate ship was very democratic you know there obviously had
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Pirate Ship Wreck...
pirate shipwreck in the world she's packed full of preserved relics or artifacts for the next twenty three years burying his team work to recover these precious treasures with the winter project we actually have the opportunity
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Can you solve the pirate...
Naturally, each pirate wants to stay alive while getting as much gold as possible. But being pirates, none of them trust each other, so they can't collaborate in advance. And being blood-thirsty pirates,
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
never-seen-before world of pirates it's the only documented pirate treasure period but there was a story here that was much more valuable than any of the artifacts
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Puffin Hunts Fish To...
but there are pirates on this coast arctic skewers
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A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
sociability in this white pirate here and then if you put back the microbes and then you can increase and make these back and these mice social again and so this is really powerful and we're studying how which bacteria influence sociability how do they interact with
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island A curve for unstressed syllables, and a shoe outline for stressed ones.
Video examples
The most successful...
spent most of their time ashore, sometimes sabotaging their own vessels to avoid battle at sea. With little to stop them, the pirates were able to mount successful —and often brutal— raids on garrisons, villages, and markets throughout the coast.
Video examples
How much of human...
like ancient harbor walls and quays. We also see more shipwrecks sunk by storms, war, and collisions. We're still excavating many of these wrecks today, like Blackbeard's ship, which is revealing secrets about life as an 18th century pirate.
Video examples
The $8 billion iPod PIPE...
if we use pennies. Now this is obviously a powerful, some might say dangerously powerful, insight. But it's also a morally important one. Because this isn't just the hypothetical retail value of some pirated movies that we're talking about,
Video examples
Pirate's Code PIPE National...
this was radical if not revolutionary back on land society was divided between rich and poor and such equality was unheard of I think you could say that life on board the pirate ship was very democratic you know there obviously had
Video examples
Pirate Ship Wreck...
pirate shipwreck in the world she's packed full of preserved relics or artifacts for the next twenty three years burying his team work to recover these precious treasures with the winter project we actually have the opportunity
Video examples
Can you solve the pirate...
Naturally, each pirate wants to stay alive while getting as much gold as possible. But being pirates, none of them trust each other, so they can't collaborate in advance. And being blood-thirsty pirates,
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
never-seen-before world of pirates it's the only documented pirate treasure period but there was a story here that was much more valuable than any of the artifacts
Video examples
Puffin Hunts Fish To...
but there are pirates on this coast arctic skewers
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Orlando Bloom
English Actor
When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.
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Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakhstani Activist
I could obtain any paper by pirating it, so I solved many requests and people always were very grateful for my help. After that, I created sci-hub.org website that simply makes this process automatic and the website immediately became popular.
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Sid Meier
Canadian Scientist
Our hope is to deliver an incredibly fun and compelling game that will give the fans more than what they've been waiting for, and show a whole new generation of gamers how much fun it is to live the life of a pirate!
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.
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Daniel H. Wilson
American Author
Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy us or protect us from aliens. And vampires. And pirates.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.
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Sadie Jones
English Novelist
When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.
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Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.
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Robert Kurson
American Author
Pirates worked to avoid violence and fighting.
Quote examples
Orlando Bloom
English Actor
When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.
Quote examples
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakhstani Activist
I could obtain any paper by pirating it, so I solved many requests and people always were very grateful for my help. After that, I created sci-hub.org website that simply makes this process automatic and the website immediately became popular.
Quote examples
Sid Meier
Canadian Scientist
Our hope is to deliver an incredibly fun and compelling game that will give the fans more than what they've been waiting for, and show a whole new generation of gamers how much fun it is to live the life of a pirate!
Quote examples
Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.
Quote examples
Daniel H. Wilson
American Author
Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy us or protect us from aliens. And vampires. And pirates.
Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.
Quote examples
Sadie Jones
English Novelist
When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.
Quote examples
Johnny Depp
American Actor
Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.
Quote examples
Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.
Quote examples
Robert Kurson
American Author
Pirates worked to avoid violence and fighting.
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