The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century bc, when the sea peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the aegean and mediterranean civilisations. The meaning of pirate is one who commits or practices piracy How to use pirate in a sentence. Pirate is the most general of the four terms Originating with the greek peiratēs, meaning brigand, it can be applied to a wide range of nautical misbehavior, including coastal raiding and intercepting ships on high seas. Pirate noun [c] (sea thief) a person who sails on the sea and attacks and steals from other ships (definition of pirate from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press)
Pirate synonyms, pirate pronunciation, pirate translation, english dictionary definition of pirate One who commits or practices piracy at sea One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization
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