💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pirates"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| buccaneernoun | A pirate. |
| pirate shipnoun | Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film. |
| highjacknoun | Alternative spelling of hijack. [An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.] |
| hijacknoun | An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking. |
| commandeerverb | (transitive) To seize for military use. |
| expropriateverb | (transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use. |
| plagiaristnoun | One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief |
| sea rovernoun | A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder. |
| literary piratenoun | someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own |
| sea robbernoun | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
| brethrennoun | (figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order. |
| broadcastsnoun | A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver. |
| ciliciannoun | A native or inhabitant of Cilicia. |
| counterfeitnoun | A non-genuine article; a fake. |
| hackers | an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. |
| hijackersnoun | Someone who hijacks. |
| maraudersnoun | Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder. |
| mercenaries | an action-adventure video game franchise published by LucasArts and developed by Pandemic Studios. |
| peretznoun | A surname from Hebrew. |
| piracynoun | The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law. |
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