How to pronounce "pirate"

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One fifth of seafood is thought to be caught illegally

or is simply unreported.

If you can't see it, you can't manage it.

And I know from experience,

you can't monitor the whole ocean from the decks of ships.

Using GPS location data,

Global Fishing Watch built the first-ever live stream map

to monitor the industrial fishing fleet.

When we were working with our partners in Japan and South Korea,

they told us there was illegal fishing suspected in North Korean waters.

But when we first took a look on our map, we could see

very little fishing because those vessels were not sharing their GPS location data,

as they should.

We call them “dark vessels.”

And generally, dark vessels are up to no good.

So we had to turn to other sources of data.

We looked at satellite-based radar

and optical imagery,

and we lit that region up.

We revealed an armada of almost 1,000 vessels.

The techniques we used to illuminate what was happening in North Korea,

we can use anywhere

and everywhere to make the invisible visible.

We can end pirate fishing.

And we can transform ocean management

for the common good of all.

Phonetic Breakdown of "pirate"

Learn how to break down "pirate" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ˈpaɪ̯(ə)ɹət/

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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

P AY1 R AH0 T

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Definition of "pirate"

Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ̯(ə)ɹət/

Noun

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

Example: "You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates."
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
A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
A kind of marble in children's games.

Verb

To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

Example: "They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo."
(intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
(intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of

Example: "Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy."
To engage in piracy.

Example: "He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen."

Adjective

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