pirate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pi·rate1 /ˈpaɪərət $ ˈpaɪrət/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1. STEALsomeone who sails on the seas, attacking other boats and stealing things from them 海盗 → piracy2  COPYsomeone who dishonestly copies and sells another person’s work 盗版者，侵犯版权者，非法翻印者；侵犯专利权者 → piracy Computer game pirates cost the industry twenty million pounds a year. 电脑游戏盗版者每年要给该行业带来两千万英镑的损失。pirate videos/CDs/software etc 盗版录像带/光碟/软件等3. pirate radio/TV (station) AMTillegal radio or television broadcasts, or the station sending them out 非法无线电广播[台]/非法电视（台） —piratical /paɪˈrætɪkəl, pə-/ adjective literary

Examples from the Corpus

pirate• But there may be pirates hiding among them.• A two-hour boat trip will take you to Lundy Island, once famous for its pirates and now for its puffins.• More pirates were starting to climb into the stockade.• Will convinces the pair not to eat them, but instead join forces in the hunt for the pirates and their captives.• Instead, park officials announced Friday, the pirates will run after women who carry trays of food.• Monarchs pretended to close their eyes to it while they shared the loot and then honored the pirate heroes.• Terror-stricken, the pirates ordered the helmsman to put in to land.• Happy Computing could have its own problem with pirates.pirate videos/CDs/software etc• More than 1,000 pirate videos and 63 video recorders were also seized.• Muddying the issue of how much pirated software is on the Internet is the tremendous amount of software legally available to download.• Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio Detectives have seized around five hundred suspected pirate videos in a joint operation with copyright investigators.• Inside the home were pirate videos, hundreds of blank cassettes and cassette casings, they said.

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pirate2 verb [transitive]  COPYto illegally copy and sell another person’s work such as a book, DVD, or computer program 剽窃，盗版；非法翻印；非法仿制5 pirated video tapes非法翻录的录像带n pirated copies of the best-selling computer games► see thesaurus at copy→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

pirate• But the head of a coalition opposing the bill said laws already on the books outlaw electronic pirating.• Lotus had charged Borland with pirating its commands for use in a competing program.• The suit claims Apple pirated key elements of Xerox software for its Lisa and Macintosh user interfaces.• They were also widely pirated, Rowe notes, depriving Fly of some earnings.• Muddying the issue of how much pirated software is on the Internet is the tremendous amount of software legally available to download.From Longman Business Dictionarypiratepi‧rate /ˈpaɪərətˈpaɪrət/ noun [countable]LAW1a person or organization that dishonestly copies and sells films, tapes etc for which the COPYRIGHT (=legal ownership) belongs to othersManufacturers fear that the city may emerge as a new centre for the software pirates. —pirate verb [transitive]Microsoft Corp. charged that a Shanghai-based company pirated the game programs.pirated videotapes2pirate radio/TV (station) illegal radio or television broadcasts, or the station sending them outAbout 80 pirate cable systems have brought US network news into thousands of homes.3a person who steals from a ship at seaOrigin pirate1 (1200-1300) Latin pirata, from Greek peirates, from peiran “to attack”

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pi‧rate¹ /ˈpaɪərət $ ˈpaɪrət/ noun [countable]1. someone who sails on the seas, attacking other boats and stealing things from them ⇨ piracy
2. someone who dishonestly copies and sells another person’s work ⇨ piracy:
    Computer game pirates cost the industry twenty million pounds a year.
    pirate videos/CDs/software etc
3. pirate radio/TV (station) illegal radio or television broadcasts, or the station sending them out
—piratical /paɪˈrætɪkəl, pə-/ adjective literary
     

THESAURUS

■ different types of criminal
   ▪ thief someone who steals things: Car thieves have been working in the area. | The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery.
   ▪ robber someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: a masked robber armed with a shotgun | They were the most successful bank robbers in US history.
   ▪ burglar someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: The burglars broke in through a window.
   ▪ shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters.
   ▪ pickpocket someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station.
   ▪ conman/fraudster someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’.
   ▪ forger someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: a forger who fooled museum curators
   ▪ counterfeiter someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills.
   ▪ pirate someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: DVD pirates
   ▪ mugger someone who attacks and robs people in public places: Muggers took his money and mobile phone.
   ▪ murderer someone who deliberately kills someone else: His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment. | the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers | He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people).
   ▪ serial killer someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer.
   ▪ rapist someone who forces someone else to have sex: Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious.
   ▪ sex offender someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: Too many sex offenders are released from prison early.
   ▪ vandal someone who deliberately damages public property: Vandals broke most of the school’s windows.
   ▪ arsonist someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.

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pirate² verb [transitive]
to illegally copy and sell another person’s work such as a book, video, or computer program:
    pirated video tapes
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ copy to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing: You could copy the files onto a CD. | Many people have tried to copy his paintings.
   ▪ photocopy to copy a piece of paper with writing or pictures on it, using a machine: I’ll photocopy the letter and give it to you.
   ▪ reproduce to print a copy of a picture or document, especially in a book or newspaper: The image has been reproduced in many magazines and newspapers around the world.
   ▪ forge to illegally copy something written or printed: He forged my signature. | forged £10 notes
   ▪ pirate to illegally copy and sell something such as a book, video, DVD, or computer program: The survey suggests that 27% of software in the UK has been pirated.