Pirate vs. Raider

Piratenoun

A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

Piratenoun

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

Piratenoun

One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

Piratenoun

(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

Piratenoun

A kind of marble in children's games.

Pirateverb

(transitive) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

Pirateverb

To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of

Pirateverb

To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of

Pirateverb

(intransitive) To engage in piracy.

Pirateadjective

Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

Piratenoun

A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.

Piratenoun

An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.

Piratenoun

One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.

Pirateverb

To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.

Pirateverb

To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

Piratenoun

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Piratenoun

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

Piratenoun

a ship manned by pirates

Pirateverb

copy illegally; of published material

Pirateverb

take arbitrarily or by force;

Raidernoun

One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.

Raidernoun

(business) A person who takes or attempts to take control of a firm against the will of current management by purchasing a controlling interest of stock and acquiring proxies.

Raidernoun

(military) A special forces operative; a commando.

Raidernoun

A warship which is light, maneuverable, and fast-moving.

Raidernoun

(informal) A person who uncovers evidence of improper behavior within governmental or private organizations.

Raidernoun

One who engages in a raid.

Raidernoun

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

Raidernoun

a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management