pirate

  • 21pirate — [[t]pa͟ɪrət[/t]] pirates, pirating, pirated 1) N COUNT Pirates are sailors who attack other ships and steal property from them. In the nineteenth century pirates roamed the seas. 2) N COUNT You can refer to someone who behaves in an immoral or… …

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  • 22Pirate —    1) La Pirate    Drame de Jacques Doillon, avec Jane Birkin, Maruschka Detmers, Laure Marsac, Philippe Léotard, Andrew Birkin.   Pays: France   Date de sortie: 1984   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 38    Résumé    Une femme est écartelée… …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 23pirate — /ˈpaɪrət / (say puyruht) noun 1. someone who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea. 2. a vessel employed by such persons. 3. any plunderer. 4. someone who appropriates and reproduces, without authorisation, the… …

  • 24pirate — 1. noun a) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fannings fantasies. b) One who breaks intellectual… …

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  • 25pirate — pi|rate1 [ˈpaıərət US ˈpaırət] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: pirata, from Greek peirates, from peiran to attack ] 1.) someone who sails on the seas, attacking other boats and stealing things from them →↑piracy 2.) someone who dishonestly… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26PIRATE — s. m. Écumeur de mer, celui qui n a de commission d aucune puissance, et qui court les mers pour voler, pour piller. Il tomba entre les mains des pirates. Nettoyer les mers de pirates. L expédition de Pompée contre les pirates. La guerre des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 27PIRATE — n. m. Celui qui exerce le brigandage sur mer. Il tomba entre les mains des pirates. Notre flotte a nettoyé ces parages des pirates qui les infestaient. Il se dit, par extension, de Tout homme qui s’enrichit malhonnêtement et aux dépens d’autrui,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 28pirate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Pirate is used before these nouns: ↑copy, ↑DVD, ↑radio, ↑ship, ↑station, ↑tape, ↑treasure {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Pirate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑music …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 29pirate — Synonyms and related words: AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able bodied seaman, adopt, air pirate, airplane… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30pirate — pi|rate1 [ paırət ] noun count 1. ) someone who attacks ships while they are sailing in order to steal things from them 2. ) someone who illegally makes and sells copies of computer programs, books, videos, or CDs a ) only before noun made by… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English