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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Rover :: Rover (v. i.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
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..
Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..
Sea Robber :: Sea robber () A pirate; a sea rover.
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..
Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing..
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..
Pirate :: Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..
Pirated :: Pirated (imp. & p. p.) of Pirat.
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..
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing..
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 (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission..
Pirate :: Pirate (v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author..
Water Rat :: Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land..
Water Thief :: Water thief () A pirate.
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..
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