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  Words related to pirate

Related / Similar Words: pirate ship, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, commandeer, hijack, highjack

 

Definition:
  • a ship manned by pirates;
  • someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation;
  • someone who uses another person''s words or ideas as if they were his own;
  • take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami";
  • copy illegally; of published material;

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    Hyponyms: corsair, Barbary pirate, sea king, Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte, Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan, Roberts, Bartholomew Roberts, Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard, skyjack, carjack

     

    Derivational Morphology: commandeer, hijack, highjack, buccaneer, plagiarize, plagiarise, lift, pirate ship, piracy, buccaneering, highjacker, hijacker, highwayman, road agent, highjacking, hijacking, plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation

     

    Language Translations:
    Danish: pirat and sørøver   Dutch: piraat  
    Estonian: piraat   Finnish: merirosvo and piraatti  
    French: pirate   German: Pirat  
    Greek: πειρατής   Icelandic: sjóræningi  
    Japanese: 海賊   Korean: 해적  
    Latin: pirata   Norwegian: pirat  
    Novial: pirate   Polish: pirat  
    Portuguese: corsário and pirata   Spanish: pirata  
    Swedish: pirat and sjörövare   Welsh: copïwr anghyfreithlon and môr-leidr  
     
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