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Pirate(money)
pirate(1)(dictionary)
pirate(2)(dictionary)
PIRATE(law)
pirate 1, noun(dictionary)
pirate 2, verb(dictionary)

pirate(2) (iou)



pirate verb. E16.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Practise piracy on, rob, plunder, (a person, place, etc.); obtain (goods etc.) through piracy. E16.
verb intrans. Act as a pirate, practise piracy. L17.
verb trans. Reproduce or use (another's work, idea, etc.) without authority, esp. in contravention of patent or copyright. Freq. as pirated ppl adjective. E18.
Times Literary Supplement Efforts to..protect British books against the importation of foreign pirated editions.