pirated

verb

past tense of pirate
as in seized
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right using pirated software that was subject to copyright

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Recent Examples of pirated Any livestream could be pirated. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 25 June 2026 The judge's order asserts that Anthropic pirated more than 7 million copies of books. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025 The reality that her likeness had been basically pirated settled in. — Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026 Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026 The version of the film that was ultimately pirated across the internet was a high quality file, potentially indicating a breach of systems maintained by those that worked on the movie. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 Justin Nelson, an attorney for the authors, told Alsup that about 465,000 books are on the list of works pirated by Anthropic. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 So, the Board of Supervisors, through the County Executive Officer, has pirated the Treasurer’s office and is now plundering it. — John Moorlach, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026 Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pirated
  1. seized
  2. confiscated
  3. stole
  4. converted
  5. appropriated
Verb
  • Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who voted against the proposal in mid-June, voiced fears that the list of noncitizen voters would immediately be seized by federal immigration authorities.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Russia’s military on Saturday claimed to have seized the city of Kostiantynivka, a key defensive hub in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of seized
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  • The most obvious concession is compensating Cubans and Americans whose assets were confiscated during the revolution.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • With the charges dismissed, Patel will no longer face prosecution and is expected to receive his passport back shortly after it was confiscated by authorities.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of confiscated
Verb
  • The press release says in total Fleming stole about $450,000 in cash.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • That's when Brandon Miller made his move and stole not only the win but the show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of stole
Verb
  • Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart in the first half, and six minutes after Jarell Quansah was sent off, Kane converted a penalty to restore England’s two-goal lead.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Half the elegant stable block (converted into a studio by Beaton) and a cozy dairy house remained.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
Definition of converted
Verb
  • Sununu, who formerly served as governor of New Hampshire, urged Congress to find more money to overhaul the air traffic control system — on top of the billions lawmakers appropriated last year to upgrade communications and radar equipment.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • The Legislature appropriated $5 million in one-time funding, so next year, lawmakers will have to decide whether to allocate additional money.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
Definition of appropriated

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