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Definition of a pirate
pirate
noun
- a person who sells or transmits stolen intellectual property.
- See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
Last edited on Oct 22 1997. Submitted by Kaeori from Kansas City, MO, USA on Oct 22 1997.
verb
- to sell or transmit stolen "intellectual property" (e.g. software, compact discs, etc.)
Pirating software is illegal.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a copy, pirate, bootleg.
- See more words with the same meaning: to sell stolen goods.
Last edited on Oct 22 1997. Submitted by Kaeori from Kansas City, MO, USA on Oct 22 1997.
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Other terms relating to 'professions (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: a writer. | |
| Definitions include: a person who isn't liked in general. | |
| Definitions include: "penetration tester". | |
| Definitions include: a firefighter. | |
| Definitions include: an alcoholic beverage consumed "on the road" (i.e. in a vehicle.) | |
| Definitions include: a person who exchanges sex for drugs. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute that gets paid in cocaine. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: university. | |
| Definitions include: Short for Royal Canadian Mounted Police. | |
| Definitions include: a person involved in the finances of an organization - e.g. an accountant. | |
| Definitions include: a cop. | |
| Definitions include: "bartender". | |
| Definitions include: to report misdeeds to authorities or authority figures; "tell on". | |
Other terms relating to 'to make a copy, pirate, bootleg': | |
| Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public. | |
| Definitions include: to give someone a bad bargain. | |
| Definitions include: a member of the computer subculture which trades in illegal copies of copyrighted software. | |
| Definitions include: pirated commercial software. | |
| Definitions include: a lower-quality version of something. | |
| Definitions include: to duplicate. | |
Other terms relating to 'to sell stolen goods': | |
| Definitions include: From the word hussler. | |
| Definitions include: a petty criminal who deals in stolen goods or counterfeit items. | |
| Definitions include: to sell stolen goods. | |
| Definitions include: Used to indicate that something has to be done fast, immediately. | |
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Other terms relating to 'pirate': | |
| Definitions include: one of many "sex moves" that involve physical abuse of women. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate grandly. | |
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