📖 Definitions of "Pirating"
verb
- 1
To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
"They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo."
- 2
(intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
- 3
(intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of
"Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy."
- 4
To engage in piracy.
"He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pirating"
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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. |
| highjackverb | Alternative spelling of hijack. [To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).] |
| hijackverb | To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat). |
| 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 |
| bootleggingnoun | The activity of making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor. |
| copyrightnoun | (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship. |
| counterfeitingnoun | The act of one who counterfeits. |
| hacknoun | (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner. |
| hackernoun | (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems. |
| hackingnoun | (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system. |
| hijackingnoun | The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle. |
| infringing | violative |
| piracynoun | The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law. |
| pirateshipnoun | Synonym of piracy. |
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