Meaning

5 senses
  1. (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.

  2. (transitive)To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

    raubkopieren, schwarzkopieren

  3. (transitive)To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.

    Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.

  4. (intransitive)To engage in piracy.

    He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.

    пиратитьpiratitʹ, спиратитьspiratitʹ, пиратствоватьpiratstvovatʹ

  5. (Philippines, intransitive, transitive)To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.

More definitions
  • copy illegally; of published material
  • take arbitrarily or by force

Examples

163 sentences
  1. Blackbeard was a very famous pirate.

    Чорна Борода був дуже знаменитим піратом.

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  2. Tom's great-great-grandfather was a pirate.

    Пра-прадід Тома був піратом.

    ruПрапрадед Тома был пиратом.

    deToms Ururgroßvater war Pirat.

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  3. Why don't we pretend that we're pirates?

    Чому б нам не вдати з себе піратів?

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  4. Tom showed up at the party dressed as a pirate.

    Том прийшов на вечірку вдягнений як пірат.

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  5. You look like a pirate.

    Ти схожий на пірата.

    ruТы похож на пирата.

    deDu siehst wie ein Pirat aus.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
engage in piracy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make and/or sell an illegal copy:

Origin

From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pira

From 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, pirated
Base formpirate · to pirate
3rd person singularpirates
Present participlepirating
Past simplepirated
Past participlepirated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypirate
he, she, itpirates

Past simpleLesson

all personspirated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pirated
he, she, ithas pirated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pirate

Synonyms

5 synonyms
make illegal copy:plagiarizecounterfeit
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpiracy

Collocations

3 patterns
  • as a pirate
  • like a pirate
  • was a pirate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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