pirate vs receive

pirate

verb
  • To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of. 

  • To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of. 

  • To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea. 

  • To engage in piracy. 

  • To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own. 

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

noun
  • A bird which practises kleptoparasitism. 

  • A kind of marble in children's games. 

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

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

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

receive

verb
  • To take goods knowing them to be stolen. 

  • To accept into the mind; to understand. 

  • To be in a position to hit back a service. 

  • To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to. 

  • To incur (an injury). 

  • To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something. 

  • To be in a position to catch a forward pass. 

  • To detect a signal from a transmitter. 

  • To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc. 

noun
  • An operation in which data is received. 

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