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US
/ˈpaɪɹət/
]
[ UK /pˈaɪɹət/ ]
[ UK /pˈaɪɹət/ ]
NOUN
- a ship that is manned by pirates
- someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
VERB
- copy illegally; of published material
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take arbitrarily or by force
The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
How To Use pirate In A Sentence
- In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
- These live conversations took place via a messagerie service that the computer pirates called Gretel, identified by a logo of a heart with fluttering eyelashes. Diffusion of Innovations
- The Zambia soccer squad winds up its camping in South Africa with a friendly game against Orlando Pirates in Johannesburg today.
- Pearl scurried about the deck, searching the pirate crew to find the captain.
- A slight aspirate preceding and modifying the sibilant, which is, however, the stronger of the two consonants; _e.g. hsing_ = _hissing_ without the first _i_, Myths and Legends of China
- The laughter wasn't very loud, it sounded normal, unlike the laughter of a madman, or a drunken pirate.
- The designers designed a terrific pirate galleon and a thrilling Lost Boys' hideout.
- They also come across a cryptogram, which is rather difficult to solve, but which eventually they manage to decypher, and which leads them to the treasure hoarded by the pirate, who by that time has met his end. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
- Like I was a pirate on the sea again, with everything right.
- synners tag takin' cheap shots at p. diddy talk like a pirate tea from an empty cup technological torture technology technology apocalypse--long time coming teh cheezburgr strikes again! And Then THREE Got By Me--