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

Pirate(s) or piracy may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

• Air pirate, a character archetype in science fiction and fantasy
• List of fictional pirates
• Space pirate, a character archetype in science fiction

Films

• Pirates (1986 film), an adventure/comedy directed by Roman Polanski
• Pirates (2005 film), a pornographic film
• Pirates (2021 film), a British film
• Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge (2008), a pornographic film
• Pirates 4-D, a 1999 3-D short attraction film primarily used in theme parks
• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
• The Pirate (1948 film), an American musical film
• The Pirate (1973 film), a Hong Kong film
• The Pirate (1978 film), an American TV movie directed by Ken Annakin
• The Pirate (1984 film), a French film
• The Pirates (2014 film), a South Korean period/adventure film
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), a British/American 3D stop-motion animated swashbuckler comedy film
• The Pirate Movie (1982), an Australian musical film based on The Pirates of Penzance

Games and toys

• Lego Pirates, a Lego theme launched in 1989
• Pirate game, a puzzle of logic and mathematics
• Pirates Constructible Strategy Game, a tabletop game
• Pirates: Captain's Quest, 1997 educational adventure video game published by Discovery Channel Multimedia
• Pirates: Duels on the High Seas, a 2008 Nintendo DS video game
• Pirates: The Key of Dreams, a 2008 Wii video game
• Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat, a 2002 video game
• Pirates: Tides of Fortune, a 2012 video game
• Pop-up Pirate, a children's game in which a pirate is forced to exit a barrel through simulated torture
• Sid Meier's Pirates!, a 1987 video game
  • Pirates! Gold, a 1993 remake of the 1987 game
  • Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004 video game), a 2004 remake of the 1987 game

Music

• "Pirate" (Cher song), from the album Cherished
• Pirates (Rickie Lee Jones album), 1981
• Pirates (Visions of Atlantis album), 2022
• Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, a British rock and roll group
• "Pirate", a song by Everglow
• "Pirates", a song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Works Volume 1
• "Pirates", a song by Jolin Tsai on her album Castle
• "Pirates", a song by Caravan Palace on the album Panic
• The Pirates (opera), by Stephen Storace
• The Pirates of Penzance, comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan

Literature

• Die Seeraeuber ('The Pirate'), a play by Ludwig Fulda and the basis of Behrman's play
• The Pirate (novel), an 1821 novel by Sir Walter Scott
• "The Pirate" (short story), a science fiction story by Poul Anderson
• The Pirate (1942), a play by S. N. Behrman
• The Pirate (1974), a novel by Harold Robbins
• Piracy (comics), published from 1954 to 1955

Criminal or unauthorized acts

• Aircraft hijacking
• Broadcast signal intrusion
• Copyright infringement
  • Cable television piracy
  • Music piracy
  • Pirate Bay
  • Pirate decryption
  • Video game piracy
• Patent pirate (disambiguation)
• Unlicensed broadcasting, including:
  • Pirate radio
  • Pirate television

People

• List of pirates
• Marco Pantani, professional cyclist nicknamed "Il Pirata" (The Pirate)

Ships

• Pirate (dinghy), a type of sailing boat
• Pirate (steamboat), 1839
• USS Pirate, any of several U.S. Navy ships bearing the name
• Pirate, an R-class sloop and landmark in South Lake Union, Seattle

Sports

United Kingdom

• Bristol Rovers F.C., a football team, nicknamed the Pirates
• Cornish Pirates, a rugby team
• Croydon Pirates, a baseball team
• East Kilbride Pirates, an American football team
• Essex Pirates, a basketball team
• Poole Pirates, a motorcycle speedway team

United States

• 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 to 1930
• Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball team
• Pittsburgh Steelers, an NFL football team, known as the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933 to 1939
• Portland Pirates, a minor league hockey team
• Seton Hall Pirates, the sports teams of Seton Hall University

Other countries

• Nishi Nippon Pirates, a former professional Japanese baseball team
• Orlando Pirates FC, a South African football team
• Lyceum Pirates, NCAA Philippines team of Lyceum of the Philippines University
• Pirate City Rollers, a Roller Derby team from Auckland, New Zealand

Other uses

• Pirate (butterfly), Catacroptera cloanthe
• Pirate (sexual slang)
• Pirate Party, various political parties around the world
• EuroFIRST PIRATE (Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment), a tracking system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft
• Vought F6U Pirate, an American jet fighter

See also

• All pages with titles containing Piracy
• All pages with titles containing Pirate
• Anti-piracy (disambiguation)
• Pirates! (disambiguation)
• Pyrates (disambiguation)

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