Pirate (disambiguation) - 1 reference result
Pirate can refer to:
Criminal acts of piracy
- Piracy, specifically maritime piracy
- Aircraft hijacking, commonly known as air piracy
- Biopiracy
- Copyright infringement
- Misappropriation of traditional knowledge
- Oyster pirate
- Patent infringement
- Pirate radio
- Trademark infringement
- Yoga piracy
Print and media
- Space pirate, a common theme in science fiction
Film
- Pirates of the Caribbean (theme park ride)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), based on the ride
- Pirate, a film in development by Priyadarshan
- Pirates (1986 film), directed by Roman Polanski
- The Pirate, a 1948 American musical film
- The Pirate, a 1978 TV movie starring Franco Nero
- Pirates (2005 film), a pornographic film
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, based on the song of the same name
- The Pirates of Penzance (1983 film), based on the Joseph Papp production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera
- The Pirate Movie, an Australian film starring Kristy McNichol, largely based on the comic opera
Music
- The Pirates, an opera by composer Stephen Storace that premiered in 1792
- The Pirates of Penzance, a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
- "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything", a cover of a VeggieTales song, by the Christian rock band Relient K
Literature
- Piracy (comic)
- The Pirate, a novel by Harold J. Robbins
- The Pirate (novel), by Sir Walter Scott
- "The Pirate" (Anderson), a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson
- Pirate, a pornographic magazine published by Private Media Group
Video games
- Sid Meier's Pirates!, a 1987 computer game
- Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004), a remake
- Pirates of the Burning Sea, a 2008 MMORPG
- Pirates: The Key of Dreams, a 2008 video game available for Wii
- Pirates: Duels on the High Seas, a 2008 video game available for Nintendo DS
Sporting teams
- The Pittsburgh Pirates, U.S. Major League Baseball team and the first team to use the name "Pirates"
- Bristol Rovers F.C., a UK football team nicknamed "The Pirates"
- Cornish Pirates, UK rugby team
- East Carolina University, U.S., school nickname "The Pirates"
- East Kilbride Pirates, UK American Football team
- Greece national football team, nicknamed "The Pirate Ship" after their success at UEFA Euro 2004
- Hampton University's athletic division, nicknamed "The Pirates"
- Orlando Pirates, South African football (soccer) team
- The original name of the Pittsburgh Steelers
- The Pittsburgh Pirates, an NHL hockey franchise, later the Philadelphia Quakers
- Poole Pirates, England Motorcycle speedway team
- Portland Pirates, U.S. hockey team
Other uses
- Lego Pirates
- PiratbyrÄn, a Swedish organisation that promotes copyright infringement
- Pirate (R-Class Sloop), a racing boat listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
- Pirates constructible strategy game
- Pirates in terms of global warming
- The Pirate Party, a Swedish political party
- The Pirate Bay, a Swedish Web site which serves as an index for torrent files
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day
See also
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