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Definition of pirate : 1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
4. To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
5. To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

Synonyms:

pillager, plagiarist, literary pirate, raider, bandit, pirate ship, commandeer, plunderer, forager, footpad, cribber, sea robber, plagiariser, words, depredator, freebooter, buccaneer, marauder, plagiarizer, give, sea rover, despoiler, brigand, highjack

cop, grab, fleece, nip, defraud, blackmail, holdup, swipe, palm, loot, plagiarize, stickup, filch, lift, embezzle, haul, rustle, mug, rob, extort, poach, abstract, pilfer, pocket, shoplift, swindle, steal, burglarize, plunder, shanghai, heist, hijack

grafter, ranger, evildoer, cat burglar, mugger, Barbary pirate, highwayman, privateer, robber, hijacker, poacher, stealer, larcenist, housebreaker, outlaw, crook, larcener, lawbreaker, villain, soldier of fortune, burglar, filcher, corsair, lifter, prowler, thief, delinquent, criminal, thug, swindler, felon, pickpocket, culprit

Usage examples:

• Can you forgive one who is no better than a- than a blamed pirate?" - "Dan Merrithew", Lawrence Perry.
• Listen, you old pirate. - "Cousin Betty", Honore de Balzac.
• But you think the pirate has left us? - "The Ruined Cities of Zululand", Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley.