pirate
US: /ˈpaɪɹət/
UK: /pˈaɪɹət/
UK: /pˈaɪɹət/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pirate /'paiərit/
- danh từ
- kẻ cướp biển; kẻ cướp
- tàu cướp biển
- kẻ vi phạm quyền tác giả
- người phát thanh đi một bài (một chương trình) không được phép chính thức; ((thường) định ngữ) không được phép chính thức
- a pirate broadcast: một buổi phát thanh không được phép chính thức
- xe hàng chạy vi phạm tuyến đường (của hãng xe khác); xe hàng cướp khách; xe hàng quá tải
- ngoại động từ
- ăn cướp
- tự ý tái bản (sách...) không được phép của tác giả
- nội động từ
- ăn cướp biển, ăn cướp, dở trò ăn cướp
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 (especially in the past) a person on a ship who attacks other ships at sea in order to steal from them: a pirate ship
2 (often used as an adjective) a person who makes illegal copies of video tapes, computer programs, books, etc., in order to sell them: a pirate edition / recording + software pirates
3 (often used as an adjective) a person or an organization that broadcasts illegally: a pirate radio station
See also -
piratical adjective
+ verb [VN] to copy and use or sell sb's work or a product without permission and without having the right to do so: pirated computer games / books / videos + Jones was accused of having pirated the scientist's work.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 buccaneer, sea rover, corsair, privateer, freebooter, sea-robber, filibuster, Archaic picaroon:
Captain Kidd and Blackbeard were actual pirates who looted shipping in the Americas in the 17th century
2 plagiarist, plagiarizer, infringer:
Some of these pirates offer unauthorized cheap reprints of expensive textbooks.
v.
3 plagiarize, infringe, copy, reproduce, steal, appropriate, poach, Colloq lift, pinch, crib:
Our government has no jurisdiction over those who pirate books in countries with which we have no treaty.
Concise English dictionary
pirates|pirated|pirating'paɪərət
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
verb
+copy illegally; of published material
+take arbitrarily or by force
