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The answer PIRATE has 325 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of pirate in various dictionaries:
noun - someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
noun - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
noun - a ship that is manned by pirates
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Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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Aye, matey, Anne Bonny & Mary Read lived the high life on the high seas as this type of criminal |
The World Book illustration for this occupation has a man with a cutlass, daggers, a pistol & a boarding ax |
Possible Dictionary Clues |
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To take (something) by piracy. |
To attack and rob (a ship at sea). |
One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station. |
One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization. |
One who preys on others a plunderer. |
To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization. |
a person who sails on the sea and attacks and steals from other ships |
a radio station that broadcasts illegally: |
a person who attacks ships to steal from them: |
a person or organization that makes illegal copies of software, films, recordings, etc., to sell them at much cheaper prices: |
Pirate description |
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Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates. 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 civilizations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding. Historic examples include the waters of Gibraltar, the Strait of Malacca, Madagascar, the Gulf of Aden, and the English Channel, whose geographic structures facilitated pirate attacks. A land-based parallel is the ambushing of travelers by bandits and brigands in highways and mountain passes. Privateering uses similar methods to piracy, but the captain acts under orders of the state authorizing the |