Pirate (disambiguation)

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

Pirate or piracy may also refer to:

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
• Piracy of software

Film

• The Pirate, a 1948 American musical film
• The Pirate (1984 film), a French film
• Pirates (1986 film), an adventure/comedy directed by Roman Polanski
• Pirates (2005 film), a pornographic film
• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
• The Pirates! (2012 film) - Aardman Animations film

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, a MMORPG
• Pirate game, a puzzle of logic and mathematics

Music

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

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
• The Pirate, a 1942 play by S. N. Behrman
  • Die Seeraeuber (The Pirate), a play by Ludwig Fulda and the basis of the Behrman play

Sports

• Pirate (dinghy), a type of sailing boat
• Marco Pantani, professional cyclist nicknamed "Il Pirata" (The Pirate)

United States

• Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball team
• Portland Pirates, a minor league hockey team
• East Carolina Pirates, the sports teams of East Carolina University
• Hampton Pirates, the sports teams of Hampton University
• Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL), a hockey team existing from 1925-1930
• Pittsburgh Steelers, an NFL 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 rugby team
• East Kilbride Pirates, a football (American style) team
• Essex Pirates, a basketball team
• Poole Pirates, a motorcycle speedway team
• Bristol Rovers F.C., a football team, nicknamed the Pirates

Elsewhere

• Orlando Pirates FC, a South African football team

Other uses

• Pirate (butterfly)
• USS Pirate, any of several U.S. Navy ships bearing the name
• Pirate (steamboat), 1839
• Pirate Party (disambiguation), 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
• Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment, a tracking system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft
• The Pirate Bay

See also

• Pyrates (disambiguation)
• List of fictional pirates
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day