Synonyms of the word

pirate

• n. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
• n. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
• n. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
• n. (ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
• n. A kind of marble in children's games.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
• v. (transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
• v. (transitive, intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in piracy.
• adj. Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit…

buccaneer

• n. (nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific…
• n. A pirate.
• v. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.

commandeer

• v. (transitive) To seize for military use.
• v. (transitive) To force into military service.
• v. (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

despoiler

• n. One who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.

freebooter

• n. An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations.
• n. One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots.

highjack

• n. Alternative spelling of hijack.
• v. Alternative spelling of hijack.

hijack

• v. To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially…
• v. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
• v. (computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware,…
• v. (computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a…
• v. (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
• n. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
• n. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
• n. (politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
• n. (poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.

looter

• n. One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.

pillager

• n. A person who pillages.

plagiariser

• n. Alternative spelling of plagiarizer.

plagiarist

• n. One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his…

plagiarizer

• n. A person who plagiarizes.

plunderer

• n. One who plunders or pillages.

raider

• n. One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.
• n. (business) A person who takes or attempts to take control of a firm against the will of current management…
• n. (military) A special forces operative; a commando.
• n. (military, naval) A warship which is light, maneuverable, and fast-moving.
• n. (informal) A person who uncovers evidence of improper behavior within governmental or private organizations.

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

ship

• n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
• n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an…
• n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
• n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
• v. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
• v. (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
• v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
• v. (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
• v. (transitive) To pass (from one person to another).
• v. (poker slang, transitive, intransitive) To go all in.
• v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
• v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
• n. (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
• v. (fandom slang) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either…

spoiler

• n. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
• n. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
• n. A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story.
• n. (aeronautics) A device to reduce lift.
• n. (automotive) A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
• n. (US, chiefly politics, sports) An individual (or organisation etc.), unable to win themselves, who spoils…
• n. (trading card games) A comprehensive list of objects and their characteristics.

steal

• v. (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
• v. (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
• v. (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To acquire at a low price.
• v. (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding…
• v. (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
• v. To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the…
• v. (sports, transitive) To dispossess.
• v. (humorous, transitive) To acquire; to get.
• n. The act of stealing.
• n. A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
• n. (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball…
• n. (baseball) A stolen base.
• n. (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
• n. (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written…

stealer

• n. (chiefly in combination) One who steals; a thief.
• n. (shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

thief

• n. One who carries out a theft.
• n. (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.