Definition of pirate

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Pirate (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas..

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Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Flibustier :: Flibustier (n.) A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster.
Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc..
Pirate :: 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..
Aspirate :: Aspirate (v. t.) To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant..
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing..
Pirate :: Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc..
Pirated :: Pirated (imp. & p. p.) of Pirat.
Pirate :: Pirate (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission..
Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound..
Pirate :: Pirate (v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author..
Algerine :: Algerine (n.) A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate..
Famous :: Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate..
Sea Rat :: Sea rat () A pirate.
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.
Aspirate :: Aspirate (a.) Alt. of Aspirate.
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
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