pirating

Verb

pirate (third-person singular simple present pirates, present participle pirating, simple past and past participle pirated)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
   • If a book is pirated there is a remedy for the author and publisher; if a photograph or an engraving is made of a picture without permission the law protects the painter.1904, Edward Elgar, in a speech on 4 July, 1904
3. (transitive) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
   • Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.

   Synonyms:

   plagiarize, counterfeit

4. (intransitive) To engage in piracy.
   • He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.
5. (Philippines, intransitive, transitive) To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.

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