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pirate

Definitions of pirate
  1. noun
    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
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    types:
    corsaire
    a pirate along the Barbary Coast
    type of:
    pillard, pilleur
    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
  2. noun
    someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
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    type of:
    voleur
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
  3. noun
    a pirate along the Barbary Coast
    synonyms: corsaire
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    type of:
    boucanier, corsaire, écumeur, écumeur de mer
    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
  4. noun
    a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
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    programmeur
    a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
  5. noun
    a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
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    type of:
    programmeur
    a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
  6. noun
    a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
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    type of:
    navire pirate
    a ship that is manned by pirates
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