pirate
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(verb) copy illegally; of published material |
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Related Words: steal |
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| 2. |
(noun) a ship manned by pirates |
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Synonyms: pirate ship |
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Related Words: corsair, ship |
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(noun) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
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Synonyms: buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover |
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Related Words: Barbary pirate, Bartholomew Roberts, Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Henry Morgan, Morgan, Roberts, Sir Henry, Teach, Thatch, corsair, despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, sea king, spoiler |
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(noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own |
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Synonyms: literary pirate, plagiarist |
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Related Words: thief |
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(verb) take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" |
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Synonyms: commandeer, expropriate, highjack, hijack |
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Related Words: carjack, seize |
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