Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pirate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pirate \Pi"rate\, n. [L. pirata, Gr. ?, fr. ? to attempt,
undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, ? an
attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See
{Peril}.]
1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes
the property of another on the high seas; especially, one
who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or
plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in
a harbor.
2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal
commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on
the high seas.
3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the
work of an author without permission.
{Pirate perch} (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the
United States ({Aphredoderus Sayanus}). It is of a dark
olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pirated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pirating}.] [Cf. F. pirater.]
To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. t.
To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of
the author.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pirate
n 1: someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they
were his own [syn: {plagiarist}, {plagiarizer}, {literary
pirate}]
2: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea
without having a commission from any sovereign nation
[syn: {buccaneer}, {sea robber}, {sea rover}]
3: a ship manned by pirates [syn: {pirate ship}]
v 1: copy illegally; of published material
2: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the
plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: {commandeer}, {hijack},
{highjack}, {expropriate}]
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