pirate

pirate
n
1. sea robber, sea rover, sea dog, sea wolf; Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Long John Silver.
2. viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer; freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran; kidnapper, abductor, (usu. of cattle) rustler, hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate; predator.
3. highwayman, footpad, Sl. yegg or yeggman, bandit, bravo, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian. bushranger, brigand, picaroon, desperado; outlaw, gangster, criminal, mafioso; thug, ruffian, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Australian Sl. larrikin; rogue, picaro, (in India and Burma) dacoit.
4. pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, depredator, vandal; predator, ransacker, sacker, looter, rifler, forager, raider.
5.Inf. poacher, deerjacker; smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger.
6. plagiarist, plagiarizer, Inf. cribber, Inf. copier, Inf. cheater; (of copyrights or patents) infringer; forger, counterfeiter, Brit. Inf. coiner.
v
7. buccaneer, privateer, freeboot, filibuster, waylay; commandeer, hijack, skyjack, Sl. heist.
8. plunder, despoil, Archaic. spoil, spoliate, pillage, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, devastate, depredate; ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle; raid, foray, forage, prey on or upon; lay waste, desolate, wreak havoc upon.
9. plagiarize, copy, infringe, Inf. lift, Inf. crib, Euph. borrow; forge, counterfeit; appropriate, expropriate, arrogate, usurp.
10. steal, thieve, rob; pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf. 895

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