noun
- Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
- synonyms: plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate
- Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation.
- synonyms: buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
- A ship that is manned by pirates.
- synonyms: pirate ship
verb
- Copy illegally; of published material.
- Take arbitrarily or by force.
- usage: "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
- synonyms: commandeer, hijack, highjack
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