Pirate (disambiguation)

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

Pirate or piracy may also refer to:

People

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

Criminal or unauthorized acts

• Aircraft hijacking
• Copyright infringement
• Music piracy
• Patent infringement
• Pirate radio
• Pirated movie release types

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

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

Film

• The Pirate (1948), 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
• Pirates (1986 film), an adventure/comedy directed by Roman Polanski
• Pirates (2005 film), a pornographic film
• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), a British/American 3D stop-motion animated swashbuckler comedy film
• The Pirates (2014 film), a South Korean period/adventure film

Games and toys

• Hot lava (game), a children's game sometimes called Pirates
• Lego Pirates, a Lego theme launched in 1989
• Pirate game, a puzzle of logic and mathematics
• Pirates! (role-playing game), published in 2003
• Pirates: Duels on the High Seas, a 2008 video game for Nintendo DS
• Pirates: The Key of Dreams, a 2008 video game for Wii
• Pirates Constructible Strategy Game, a tabletop game
• Pirates of the Burning Sea, a MMORPG
• Sid Meier's Pirates!, an 1987 computer game
  • Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004 video game), a remake of the 1987 game
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, a stealth/action/adventure video game that takes place during the Golden Age of Piracy, where the player attains the role of a Welsh Privateer-turned-Pirate named Edward Kenway and plunders various forms of cargo ships,treasure chests and forts within the Caribbean Sea

Literature

• Die Seeraeuber (The Pirate), a play by Ludwig Fulda and the basis of Behrman's play
• Piracy (comics), published from 1954 to 1955
• 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

Music

Groups

• Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, a British rock and roll group

Full-length works

• Pirates (album), by Rickie Lee Jones
• The Pirates (opera), by Stephen Storace

Songs

• "Pirate", a song by Cher on her album Cherished
• "Pirates", a song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Works Volume 1
• "Pirates", a song by Jolin Tsai on her album Castle

Computing and Technology

• Anti-piracy, a form of copyright protection
• Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment, a tracking system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft
• The Pirate Bay, a website that provides links for peer-to-peer file sharing

Ships

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

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
• Lyceum Pirates, NCAA Philippines team of Lyceum of the Philippines University
• Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL), a hockey team existing from 1925-1930
• Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball team
• Pittsburgh Steelers, an NFL football team, known as the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933-1939
• Portland Pirates, a minor league hockey team
• Seton Hall Pirates, the sports teams of Seton Hall University

Elsewhere

• Orlando Pirates FC, a South African football team
• Pirate City Rollers, a Roller Derby team from Auckland, New Zealand

Other uses

• Pirate (butterfly), Catacroptera cloanthe
• Pirate (sexual slang)
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day
• Pirate Party (disambiguation), various political parties around the world

See also

• Pyrates (disambiguation)