warez

• juarez (Internet slang)

• A leet form of "wares", as a contraction of "software".

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)z
• Homophones: wears, where's (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

warez (usually uncountable, plural warez)

1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.

   Hey dude, I've got some cool new warez!

warez (third-person singular simple present warezes, present participle warezing, simple past and past participle warezed)

1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
   • 2002, John Lettice, in The Register

     MS turns up heat on warezed WinXP copies

   • 2004, Timothy Lord, in Slashdot

     Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player