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pirated

  • past participle
    of pirate.
    pirate
    noun
    a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
  • past tense form
    of pirate.
    pirate
    noun
    a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.

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The biggest players in Silicon Valley are building data centers to more efficiently run copyright-infringement machines built on terabytes of pirated material.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose pirated books it used to train its AI in the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Dozens of packages stuffed with shiny football jerseys have piled up in a Mexico City warehouse, each with a sticker reading "seized merchandise" -- pirated products for the 2026 World Cup.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

Anthropic recently agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright-infringement lawsuit over its use of pirated books to train its models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Mary Anne searched her purse for a Kleenex, but pulled out instead a teaspoon pirated from her mother’s silver service.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy