Definition of pirate

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Pirate (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor..

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Sea Rat :: Sea rat () A pirate.
Pirated :: Pirated (imp. & p. p.) of Pirat.
Aspirated :: Aspirated (imp. & p. p.) of Aspirat.
Sea King :: Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
Sea Thief :: Sea thief () A pirate.
Rover :: Rover (v. i.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
Pirate :: Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
Sea Rover :: Sea rover () One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel..
Infest :: Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates..
Water Rat :: Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated..
Viking :: Viking (n.) One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries..
Pirate :: Pirate (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas..
Buccaneer :: Buccaneer (n.) A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Epi- :: Epi- () A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral..
Water Thief :: Water thief () A pirate.
Piratical :: Piratical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking..
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