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pirate articles

pirate articles noun: the standard operating procedures for buccaneers in the late 17th century; covered division of plunder, behaviour, punishment and compensation etc.

Noun

pirate articles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The standard operating procedures for buccaneers in the late 17th century; covered division of plunder, behaviour, punishment and compensation etc.
    Synonyms:
    pirate code

Synonyms of pirate articles

  • pirate code

Questions about pirate articles

What does pirate articles mean?
Pirate articles means the standard operating procedures for buccaneers in the late 17th century; covered division of plunder, behaviour, punishment and compensation etc.
What part of speech is pirate articles?
Pirate articles is a noun.

Words near pirate articles in the dictionary

  1. pirarubicin
  2. pirarucu
  3. pirarucus
  4. piratable
  5. pirate
  6. pirate articles
  7. pirate bug
  8. pirate bugs
  9. pirate libraries
  10. pirate library
  11. pirate perch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pirate articles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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