Synonyms of pirates

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noun

plural of pirate

as in buccaneers

someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea

Sir Francis Drake was a British pirate who preyed on Spanish ships with the connivance of Elizabeth I

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buccaneers
• privateers
• corsairs
• freebooters
• raiders
• robbers
• marauders
• rovers
• plunderers
• looters
• pillagers
• despoilers

pirates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pirate

as in seizes

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

using pirated software that was subject to copyright

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seizes
• claims
• steals
• confiscates
• converts
• grabs
• commandeers
• takes over
• usurps
• annexes
• occupies
• loots
• invades
• assumes
• preempts
• expropriates
• snatches
• arrogates
• appropriates
• presses
• pillages
• repossesses
• despoils
• impounds
• collars
• attaches
• trespasses
• encroaches
• grasps
• sequesters
• wrenches
• infringes
• preoccupies
• misuses
• embezzles
• misappropriates
• wrests
• misapplies
• peculates