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A pirate is a person who commits warlike acts at sea without the authorization of any nation.

Contents 1 Criminal or unauthorized acts 2 Film 3 Games 4 Music 5 Published works 6 Sports 7 Other uses 8 See also

Pirate or piracy may also refer to:

[edit] Criminal or unauthorized acts

• Aircraft hijacking
• Copyright infringement
• Misappropriation of traditional knowledge, the attaining of legal ownership over a culture's long-held practices or lore
• Oyster pirate, an oyster poacher
• Patent infringement
• Pirate radio

[edit] Film

• The Pirate, a 1948 American musical film
• The Pirate (1984 film), a 1984 French film
• Pirates (1986 film), an adventure/comedy directed by Roman Polanski
• Pirates (2005 film), a pornographic film
• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

[edit] Games

• Sid Meier's Pirates!, an 1987 computer game
  • Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004 video game), a remake of the 1987 game
• Pirates! (role-playing game)
• Pirates: The Key of Dreams, a 2008 video game for Wii
• Pirates: Duels on the High Seas, a 2008 video game for Nintendo DS
• Pirates Constructible Strategy Game, a tabletop game
• Pirates of the Burning Sea, (MMORPG)

[edit] Music

• The Pirates, an opera by Stephen Storace
• Pirates (album), by Rickie Lee Jones
• Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, a British musical group

[edit] Published works

• The Pirate (novel), an 1821 novel by Sir Walter Scott
• "The Pirate" (short story), a science fiction story by Poul Anderson
• Piracy (comics)
• The Pirate, a 1974 novel by Harold Robbins

[edit] Sports

United States

• Pittsburgh Pirates, an American baseball team
• Portland Pirates, an American hockey team
• East Carolina Pirates, the sports teams of East Carolina University
• Hampton Pirates, the sports teams of Hampton University
• Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL), an American hockey team existing from 1925-1930
• Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team, known as the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933-1939
• Seton Hall Pirates, the sports teams of Seton Hall University

United Kingdom

• Croydon Pirates, a baseball team
• Cornish Pirates, a British rugby team
• East Kilbride Pirates, a British American football team
• Poole Pirates, a British motorcycle speedway team
• Bristol Rovers F.C., an English football team, nicknamed the Pirates

Elsewhere

• Orlando Pirates FC, a South African football team

[edit] Other uses

• Pirate (butterfly)
• USS Pirate, the name of several United States Navy ships
• Pirate Party various political parties around the world
• Lego Pirates
• Space pirate, a character archetype in science fiction
• Pirate (R-Class Sloop), a landmark in South Lake Union, Seattle

[edit] See also

• List of fictional pirates

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