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pirate
has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation,law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own
Synonyms Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The medical device pirate of today , of_course , is a far more sophisticated operator than his predecessor of yesteryear - the gallus snapping hawker of snake_oil and other patent_medicines . Multiply these figures by the millions of people known to be conned by medical pirates annually . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
Synonyms Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)We were camping a_few weeks ago on Cape_Hatteras_Campground in that land of pirates , seagulls and bluefish on North_Carolina 's famed Outer_Banks . |
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[ verb ] take arbitrarily or by force
Synonyms Examples "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" Related terms seize seize carjack skyjack crime highjacker highjacker hijack highjacking |
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a ship manned by pirates
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