Join free

pirating

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

pirating

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pirate

noun piratings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of one who pirates; piracy.
  2. countable, uncountable A pirated copy of a work. Piratings swell the title list further. Moreover, subsequent editions (or piratings) were often printed with no changes from previous editions, apart from a new title page.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"pirating." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pirating. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pirating. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pirating

Chicago

"pirating." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pirating.

BibTeX
@misc{pirating_2026,
  title = {pirating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pirating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}