pirate
To appropriate by piracyTo appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
» Blackbeard was a very famous pirate.
Чорна Борода був дуже знаменитим піратом.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.
(transitive)To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
raubkopieren, schwarzkopieren
(transitive)To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.
(intransitive)To engage in piracy.
He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.
пиратитьpiratitʹ, спиратитьspiratitʹ, пиратствоватьpiratstvovatʹ
(Philippines, intransitive, transitive)To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.
- copy illegally; of published material
- take arbitrarily or by force
Examples
163 sentencesBlackbeard was a very famous pirate.
Чорна Борода був дуже знаменитим піратом.
Tom's great-great-grandfather was a pirate.
Пра-прадід Тома був піратом.
ruПрапрадед Тома был пиратом.
deToms Ururgroßvater war Pirat.
Why don't we pretend that we're pirates?
Чому б нам не вдати з себе піратів?
Tom showed up at the party dressed as a pirate.
Том прийшов на вечірку вдягнений як пірат.
You look like a pirate.
Ти схожий на пірата.
ruТы похож на пирата.
deDu siehst wie ein Pirat aus.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“piraFrom Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking".
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Forms
pirates, pirating, pirated, piratedSynonyms
5 synonyms- take arbitrarily or by force:commandeerhijackhighjack
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- as a pirate
- like a pirate
- was a pirate