Definition of pirate
- n. - 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.
- n. - An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal
commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high
seas.
- n. - One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the
work of an author without permission.
- v. i. - To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high
seas.
- v. t. - To publish, as books or writings, without the permission
of the author.