1. [n]  a ship manned by pirates
2. [n]  someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
3. [n]  someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
4. [v]  take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
5. [v]  copy illegally; of published material

Pirate
Part of the Eyewitness Books series. This title explores the live of pirates via text and photographs. Readers will learn about life on a pirate ship and the evil tricks pirates used to lure people to their deaths.

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1. \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.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \Pi"rate\, v. t.
   To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of
   the author.
      They advertised they would pirate his edition. --Pope.
   

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