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. — deniko
Tom's great-great-grandfather was a pirate.
Пра-прадід Тома був піратом. — deniko
ruПрапрадед Тома был пиратом. — odexed
deToms Ururgroßvater war Pirat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Why don't we pretend that we're pirates?
Чому б нам не вдати з себе піратів? — deniko
Tom showed up at the party dressed as a pirate.
Том прийшов на вечірку вдягнений як пірат. — oromashka
You look like a pirate.
Ти схожий на пірата. — miketheknight
ruТы похож на пирата. — marafon
deDu siehst wie ein Pirat aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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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