пира́т — meaning in English

English meaning

• buccaneer noun A pirate, especially one of the 17th-century seafarers who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the Caribbean.
• corsair noun A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
• filibuster noun A tactic used in a legislature — typically extended, often irrelevant speeches — to stall a vote or block a decision.
• freebooter noun An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
• pirate noun Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Senses

пира́т is used for these senses in English:

• buccaneer A pirate.
• corsair A privateer or pirate in general.
• filibuster (historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
• freebooter An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
• pirate (crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
• pirate (by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.

buccaneer — full definition

1. noun A pirate, especially one of the 17th-century seafarers who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the Caribbean.
2. noun Someone who acts in a bold, adventurous, and slightly unscrupulous way, especially in business.

corsair — full definition

1. noun A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
2. noun A privateer or pirate in general.
3. noun The ship of such privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
4. noun A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.

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