pirated
Taken without permission
Pirated describes something that has been copied, distributed, or used without authorization from the copyright holder.
The term applies most commonly to software, movies, music, and books that are illegally duplicated and shared.
He downloaded a pirated copy of the game.
Pirated goods are often sold at a fraction of the legitimate price or distributed freely online.
The word derives from pirate in its sense of one who takes what doesn't belong to them.
Violation of rights
- illegalForbidden by statute
- unlicensedWithout official permit
- illicitProhibited by law
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
bootleg · contraband · black-market · copying · counterfeit · knockoff · plagiarism · copyright
Violent rushing flow
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- keygenLicense code generator
warez · peer-to-peer · P2P · cyberlocker · rip · leak · seeders · leechers
Seagoing transport vessel
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
swashbuckler · plunder · Jolly Roger · cutlass · galleon · Blackbeard · doubloon · high seas
infringement
Violation of rights
- illegalForbidden by statute
- unlicensedWithout official permit
- illicitProhibited by law
unlawful · bootleg · contraband · black-market · copying · counterfeit · knockoff · plagiarism · copyright · DMCA
torrent
Violent rushing flow
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- crackNarrow break or attempt
keygen · warez · peer-to-peer · P2P · cyberlocker · rip · leak · seeders · leechers · iso
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
buccaneer · swashbuckler · plunder · Jolly Roger · cutlass · galleon · Blackbeard · doubloon · high seas · marauder
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- fakefake, phony, bogus, sham, counterfeit
- piracytorrents, buccaneers, looting, keygen, torrent
- copiedcopied, duplicated, replicated, reproduced, cloned
- unsellablesunmarketable, deadstock, unsold goods, defective goods, damaged goods
piratedpurchased
Acquired through payment
bought · paid for · licensed · nonpirated · store-bought
piratedauthorized
Given official permission
licensed · legitimate · official · sanctioned · legal
- pirate shipSeafaring raiders' vessel
- pirate treasureStolen riches from ships
- pirate radioUnauthorized FM or AM transmission
- pirate hatTriangular corsair headgear
- pirate flagMaritime marauder's banner
- pirated musicUnlicensed copied recordings