Pirate

A pirate is someone who steals stuff. Its basically the exact same criminal activity that makes one a thief, but for some reason, some smarty pants thought there needed to be a whole 'nuther word to describe it. The act of being a pirate is called piracy. Classically, pirates hail from European countries, ride about in big boats (which are conveniently referred to as pirate ships), wear big hats, eye-patches, and have some form of a prosthetic limb, be it either a hook in place of a hand or a peg-leg. A pirate is also a very popular costume choice for trick-or-treaters on Halloween.

In modern times, the term has expanded to include different types of criminal piracy, such as illegally downloading movies. This is what those guys from Interpol always warn you about every time you through a movie into the old Blu-ray player. Except movie pirates (as opposed to the one that are actually in movies) typically don't wear swashbuckling attire, have a parrot on their shoulder and gravely shout, "Gar, matey!'

An example of modern-day piracy hearkens to actual events such as the 2009 hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama by Abduwali Muse near Somalia. This incident became the basis for the 2013 film Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks. In the film, Barkhad Abdi played Somali pirate Abduwali Muse.