pirate
noun
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
pirating
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present participleof pirate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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At issue was whether cable provider Cox could be held liable for “contributory” copyright infringement merely because it had knowledge that some of its users were pirating music files.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday on whether internet service providers should be held liable for the online pirating of copyrighted music by their users.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
As the company started to become “not so gung ho” about pirating “for legal reasons,” it brought on Tom Turvey from Google to obtain “all the books in the world” but still avoid “legal/practice/business slog.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
In this moment, the confident Lala seems flustered, almost like a celebrity pirate had just complimented her pirating.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
