Bandit vs. Pirate — What's the Difference?

A robber, especially one who robs at gunpoint.

One who commits or practices piracy at sea.

An outlaw; a gangster.

One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.

One who cheats or exploits others.

One who illegally intercepts or uses radio or television signals, especially one who operates an illegal television or radio station.

(Slang) A hostile aircraft, especially a fighter aircraft.

To attack and rob (a ship at sea).

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

To take (something) by piracy.

An outlaw.

To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization.

One who cheats others.

To act as a pirate; practice piracy.

An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.

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

A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

(ambitransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.

(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.

An outlaw; a brigand.

(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

A kind of marble in children's games.

(transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.

To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.

(intransitive) To engage in piracy.

To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.

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

A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.

An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.

One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.

To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.

To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

A ship manned by pirates

Copy illegally; of published material

Take arbitrarily or by force;