pirate

  1. Noun.  (sport) someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  2. Noun.  A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
  3. Noun.  One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, nautical) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To engage in piracy.
  8. Adjective.  Illegaly imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.

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