pirate
noun
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
had pirated
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past perfectof pirate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Anthropic agreed last year to pay at least $1.5 billion in a major settlement with authors who alleged the company had pirated their work to train its models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Whoever had pirated the tracks had commandeered their digital fingerprints, too.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
After seven years of brooding about the matter, Author Konrad Bercovici claimed that Charlie had "pirated" a Bercovici yarn as the basis of The Great Dictator.'
From Time Magazine Archive
In a recent issue, Elle catalogued a host of Elle-inspired fashion notes that the trade had pirated: Dior's heavy knit stockings, for example, Nina Ricci's elegant T shirt, everybody's insouciant high boots.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a subject, therefore, open to any artist, nor could it be said he had pirated anything if he treated the subject after his own fashion.
From Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
