as in buccaneer
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
Sir Francis Drake was a British pirate who preyed on Spanish ships with the connivance of Elizabeth I
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as in to seize
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
using pirated software that was subject to copyright
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Recent Examples of pirate
Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
But unlike the pirates of the sea, the plunder for the pirates of the web is said to be time, not money.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Parrot Analytics compiles something called an audience demand metric, which is based on Google searches, how often people visit a show’s Wikipedia and IMDb pages, audience views of the trailer and other relevant videos on YouTube, pirating (!) as well as social media buzz.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2024
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Noun
The show incorporates the tales of the notorious pirate Blackbeard while fictionalizing them to fit the plot.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
But unlike the pirates of the sea, the plunder for the pirates of the web is said to be time, not money.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
The most tantalizing speculative line concerns pirate sexuality.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Parrot Analytics compiles something called an audience demand metric, which is based on Google searches, how often people visit a show’s Wikipedia and IMDb pages, audience views of the trailer and other relevant videos on YouTube, pirating (!) as well as social media buzz.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2024
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However, the swarthy crew has an abundance of muscles and ego, not one of the buccaneers knows how to read.Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
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The Adventureland Suite exudes the romance of exploration, while the opulent Pirates of the Caribbean Suite is filled with a trove of treasure maps, chests and buccaneer memorabilia.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024
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Six of the firearms seized at his home were legally registered to him.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Democrats want to hold their majority in the Senate and keep Republicans from seizing control.The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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But near the end of Washington’s presidency, French privateers began seizing neutral American ships carrying goods across the Atlantic Ocean.Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made by History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Of these, Audi Motorsport reserved 20 for its program, sold 20 to privateer teams, and the remainder were offered on the market at about $80,000 each.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2024
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At a glance, Fitzgerald played well enough as a rookie to enter next year as the favorite for starting shortstop, hitting 15 homers, stealing 17 bases and posting an .831 OPS over 96 games.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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After Columbus’s first footfall in the New World, Cuba fell prey to every manner of European freebooter.Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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There is widespread, cross-partisan public support for finally clamping down on these corporate freebooters.Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
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Two days before, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated Peanut from his home in Pine City, New York.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers confiscated more than 175 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop involving a Dodge Ram pickup on IH-35 in Webb Country.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Freed from a Mediterranean Sea crowded with Ottoman fleets and North African corsairs, the Atlantic upstarts unleashed themselves on the world’s oceans.Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
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But the stealthy corsair, evading her pursuer, slipped to safety in Tripoli’s shallow harbor—and then, suddenly, disaster struck the Philadelphia.Mark G. Spencer, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2023
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Jason Kelce turns around, grabs someone’s cellphone, and spikes it to the ground.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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If not, grab your handheld vacuum to remove any dirt, crumbs and dead skin from the cushion.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Pirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pirate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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