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A pirate is a person who commits acts of piracy at sea without the authorization of any nation.
Pirate or piracy may also refer to:
People
- List of pirates
- Marco Pantani, professional cyclist nicknamed "Il Pirata" (The Pirate)
Criminal or unauthorized acts
- Aircraft hijacking
- Anti-piracy, a form of copyright protection
- Copyright infringement
- Music piracy
- Patent infringement
- Pirate radio
- Pirated movie release types
- The Pirate Bay, a website that provides links for peer-to-peer file sharing
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Air pirate, a character archetype in science fiction and fantasy
- List of fictional pirates
- Space pirate, a character archetype in science fiction
Films
- Pirates (1986 film), an adventure/comedy directed by Roman Polanski
- Pirates (2005 film), a pornographic film
- Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge (2008), a pornographic film
- Pirates 4-D, a 1999 3-D short attraction film primarily used in theme parks
- Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
- The Pirate (1948 film), an American musical film
- The Pirate (1973 film), a Hong Kong film
- The Pirate (1978 film), an American TV movie directed by Ken Annakin
- The Pirate (1984 film), a French film
- The Pirates (2014 film), a South Korean period/adventure film
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), a British/American 3D stop-motion animated swashbuckler comedy film
Games and toys
- Lego Pirates, a Lego theme launched in 1989
- Pirate game, a puzzle of logic and mathematics
- Pirates! (role-playing game), published in 2003
- Pirates Constructible Strategy Game, a tabletop game
- Pirates: Duels on the High Seas, a 2008 Nintendo DS video game
- Pirates of the Burning Sea, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game
- Pirates: The Key of Dreams, a 2008 Wii video game
- Pop-up Pirate, a children's game in which a pirate is forced to exit a barrel through simulated torture
- Sid Meier's Pirates!, a 1987 video game
- Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004 video game), a remake of the 1987 game
Music
- Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, a British rock and roll group
- Pirates (album), by Rickie Lee Jones
- "Pirate" (song), a song by Cher from her album Cherished
- "Pirates", a song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Works Volume 1
- "Pirates", a song by Jolin Tsai on her album Castle
Literature
- Die Seeraeuber (The Pirate), a play by Ludwig Fulda and the basis of Behrman's play
- The Pirate (novel), an 1821 novel by Sir Walter Scott
- "The Pirate" (short story), a science fiction story by Poul Anderson
- The Pirate (1942), a play by S. N. Behrman
- The Pirate (1974), a novel by Harold Robbins
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Piracy (comics), published from 1954 to 1955
- The Pirates (opera), by Stephen Storace
Ships
- Pirate (dinghy), a type of sailing boat
- Pirate (R-class sloop), a landmark in South Lake Union, Seattle
- Pirate (steamboat), 1839
- USS Pirate, any of several U.S. Navy ships bearing the name
Sports
United Kingdom
- Bristol Rovers F.C., a football team, nicknamed the Pirates
- Cornish Pirates, a rugby team
- Croydon Pirates, a baseball team
- East Kilbride Pirates, an American football team
- Essex Pirates, a basketball team
- Poole Pirates, a motorcycle speedway team
United States
- East Carolina Pirates, the sports teams of East Carolina University
- Hampton Pirates, the sports teams of Hampton University
- Lyceum Pirates, NCAA Philippines team of Lyceum of the Philippines University
- Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL), a hockey team existing from 1925–30
- Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball team
- Pittsburgh Steelers, an NFL football team, known as the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933–39
- Portland Pirates, a minor league hockey team
- Seton Hall Pirates, the sports teams of Seton Hall University
Other countries
- Orlando Pirates FC, a South African football team
- Pirate City Rollers, a Roller Derby team from Auckland, New Zealand
Other uses
- Pirate (butterfly), Catacroptera cloanthe
- Pirate (sexual slang)
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day
- Pirate Joe's, a Canadian grocery store chain
- Pirate Party, various political parties around the world
- P.I.R.A.T.E., Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment, a tracking system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft
See also
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