Pyrate vs. Pirate

Pyrate vs. Pirate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pyrate and Pirate

Pyratenoun

obsolete spelling of pirate

Piratenoun

One who commits or practices piracy at sea.

Piratenoun

One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.

Piratenoun

One who illegally intercepts or uses radio or television signals, especially one who operates an illegal television or radio station.

Pirateverb

To attack and rob (a ship at sea).

Pirateverb

To take (something) by piracy.

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Pirateverb

To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization.

Pirateverb

To act as a pirate; practice piracy.

Piratenoun

A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.

Piratenoun

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

Piratenoun

One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

Piratenoun

(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

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Piratenoun

A kind of marble in children's games.

Pirateverb

(transitive) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.

Pirateverb

To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of

Pirateverb

To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of

Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.

Pirateverb

(intransitive) To engage in piracy.

He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.

Pirateadjective

Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

Piratenoun

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Piratenoun

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

Piratenoun

a ship manned by pirates

Pirateverb

copy illegally; of published material

Pirateverb

take arbitrarily or by force;

The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami