pirate
verb/ˈpaɪrət/
/ˈpaɪrət/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pirate | /ˈpaɪrət/ /ˈpaɪrət/ |
| he / she / it pirates | /ˈpaɪrəts/ /ˈpaɪrəts/ |
| past simple pirated | /ˈpaɪrətɪd/ /ˈpaɪrətɪd/ |
| past participle pirated | /ˈpaɪrətɪd/ /ˈpaɪrətɪd/ |
| -ing form pirating | /ˈpaɪrətɪŋ/ /ˈpaɪrətɪŋ/ |
- pirate something to copy and use or sell somebody’s work or a product without permission and without having the right to do so
- pirated computer games
- Jones was accused of having pirated the scientist’s work.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPirate is used with these nouns as the object:- music
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin pirata, from Greek peiratēs, from peirein ‘to attempt, attack’ (from peira ‘an attempt’).
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