pirates

Meanings

Noun

• someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
• someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
• a ship that is manned by pirates
• plural of pirate

Verb

• copy illegally; of published material
• take arbitrarily or by force
• third-person singular simple present indicative of pirate

Synonyms

buccaneer, commandeer, highjack, hijack, literary pirate, pirate, pirate ship, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer, sea robber, sea rover