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Meanings of pirate in English

Russian
пират
Portuguese
pirata
Spanish
pirata
Catalan
pirata
Wikidata

Person practicing piracy.

        Related terms
        пират
        Portuguese
        plagiário
        Catalan
        plagiari

        Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.

              plagiário
              Synonyms
              Examples for "sea pirate"
              Examples for "sea pirate"
              1
              I'm sure he looks more like some dreadful old sea pirate than a gentleman's servant.
              The Moon Rock
              2
              I'll be horn-swoggled if you get a cent more, yer deep- sea pirate, was the indignant phrased reply.
              The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
              3
              Here is another sea pirate.
              A Son of the Sun
              4
              Traditional sea pirates used mostly flintlock pistols and cutlass swords.
              The Guardian
              5
              Certainly, whoever it belongs to, it isn't a murderous gang of South Sea pirates.
              Provenance
              Portuguese
              bucaneiro
              Catalan
              bucaner

              Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation.

                    bucaneiro
                    Portuguese
                    raptar
                    Catalan
                    piratejar

                    Take arbitrarily or by force.

                          raptar
                          Usage of pirate in English
                          1
                          The group also celebrates holidays such as 'Talk like a pirate day'.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          The schooner you saw is not the pirate; it is the Foam.
                          Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
                          3
                          The enlistment of the seven in the pirate fleet was tacitly acknowledged.
                          The Pirates of Ersatz
                          4
                          Tell her she should run away to sea and become a pirate.
                          Pegasus
                          5
                          The trade body wants the pirate sites pushed down the search rankings.
                          BBC
                          6
                          It was hardly a pirate ship, a place for freedom and adventure.
                          A Darker Shade of Magic
                          7
                          The weak point in all pirate ships was the lack of discipline.
                          The Pirates' Who's Who / Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Dea...
                          8
                          Otherwise, scouring the coasts for pirate lairs is left to local authorities.
                          Song of the Nile
                          9
                          There have been around 95 pirate attacks in Somali waters this year.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          He was thief and pirate in her eyes; nothing more, nothing less.
                          Captain Blood
                          11
                          It is from the second mentioned-thecapture of the pirate, as follows:
                          From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
                          12
                          One level has ghosts; in another there's a pirate ship shooting cannonballs.
                          Wired
                          13
                          During Carnival children often go out dressed in pirate or princess costumes.
                          BBC
                          14
                          In 1830 commanded a squadron of small pirate vessels off the Azores.
                          The Pirates' Who's Who / Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Dea...
                          15
                          A pirate negotiator said a tugboat brought the ransom to the brigands.
                          Reuters
                          16
                          Deserted in 1689 and went to sea with the pirate Captain Pound.
                          The Pirates' Who's Who / Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Dea...
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                          Translations for pirate
                          Russian
                          пират
                          Spanish
                          pirata
                          Pirate through the time
                          Pirate across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common