n. 25B6; noun
pirates boarded the ship : FREEBOOTER, marauder, raider; historical privateer; archaic buccaneer, corsair.
software pirates : COPYRIGHT INFRINGER, plagiarist, plagiarizer.
25B6; verb designers may pirate good ideas : REPRODUCE ILLEGALLY, copy illegally, plagiarize, poach, steal, appropriate, bootleg; informal crib, lift, rip off; Brit. informal nick, pinch.