Pirates Synonyms

To reproduce (the artistic work of another, for example) illicitly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. plagiarizes
  2. cribs
Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. buccaneers
  2. plagiarists
  3. privateers
  4. thieves
  5. soldiers-of-fortune
  6. marauders
  7. filibusters
  8. freebooters
Take arbitrarily or by force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. highjacks
  2. hijacks
  3. commandeers

Pirates Sentence Examples

  • Fighting or bribing the Barbary pirates was a mere question of expense.

  • Teignmouth was burned by French pirates in 1340, and was again devastated by the French on the 26th of June 1690.

  • Voyaging from Toulouse to Narbonne, he was captured by Barbary pirates, who took him to Tunis and sold him as a slave.

  • His first services were rendered against the Barbary pirates.

  • At sea the character Greeks rapidly developed into mere pirates, and even of the war.

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