as in seized
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
using pirated software that was subject to copyright
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Recent Examples of pirated
Justin Nelson, an attorney for the authors, told Alsup that about 465,000 books are on the list of works pirated by Anthropic.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
The judge's order asserts that Anthropic pirated more than 7 million copies of books.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pirated
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On December 30, two suspects, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, were seized in Las Vegas.—
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In the months before Maduro was seized, Machado’s allies were optimistic.—
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French authorities confiscated the cocaine.—
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While raising the kids together, Ruby and Hildebrandt abused the two youngest children with harsh punishments and torture, according to Ruby's journal that was later confiscated.—
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The perfect partner for the look is a powder pink clutch and stole, both with embroidery that matches the dress.—
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What also stole the show was her custom Lorraine Schwartz bling, particularly her diamond rings and custom earrings, which were made with 75 carats worth of diamonds in a cluster arrangement.—
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The 6-6 Oldacre converted 7 of 8 shots from the floor and 9 of 12 free throws.—
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On two of the eight misses, Miami converted on fourth down.—
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Now, that motif was appropriated from the western regions on the Silk Road.—
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Nero’s successor Vespasian commissioned the stadium to be built on the site of Nero’s pleasure gardens, the Domus Aurea, in part to return to citizens land that Nero had appropriated for his personal use.—
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“Pirated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pirated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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