pirate
/ˈpaɪɹət/ verb C2- To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea. · They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.
- To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
- To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of. · Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.
- To engage in piracy. · He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.
- To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.
He/she/it pirates · Past pirated · Past participle pirated · -ing form pirating
Verb forms
- Base form
- pirate
- He/she/it
- pirates
- Past
- pirated
- Past participle
- pirated
- -ing form
- pirating
From the library
## VII PIRATE STORY
“I’ve got my pirate in a devil of a scrape.
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