Meaning of pirate In English

• 0 a person who sails in a ship and attacks other ships in order to steal from them

• 1 a person who illegally copies music, films, computer programs, etc., and sells them:

  • software pirates

• 2 to illegally copy a computer program, music, a film, etc. and sell it

• 3 to illegally copy and sell something, such as recorded music, a film, etc., without permission:

  • A lot of this software is pirated.

• 4 a person who sails on the sea and attacks and steals from other ships

• 5 a person or organization that makes illegal copies of software, films, recordings, etc., to sell them at much cheaper prices:

  • Copyright laws have introduced tough new sentences for software pirates.

  • In order to deal with the pirate industry, technology has had to be supplemented by legislation.

  • pirate CD/DVD/software

  • pirate movies/music/goods

  • pirate copy/download

• 6 a person who attacks ships to steal from them:

  • The pirates attempted to board the oil tanker.

• 7 a radio station that broadcasts illegally:

  • Several pirate radio stations were run by the rebel fighters.

• 8 to make illegal copies of software, films, recordings, etc., to sell them at much cheaper prices:

  • The factory manager claims his employees are not pirating famous brands.

  • More than 90% of all CDs, DVDs, and computer software sold in the region have been pirated.