单词 | pirated |
释义 | piratedadj. 1. Designating an unauthorized edition or copy of a book, esp. one produced in infringement of copyright. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > published illegally pirated1705 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > plagiarism > [adjective] > plagiarized surreptitious1615 pirated1705 piratical1731 plagiarized1766 1705 D. Defoe Writings of Author of True-born Englishman II. (verso title page) The True Collection contains above double the Number of Tracts that were printed in the pirated Edition. 1790 N.-Y. Jrnl. & Weekly Reg. 14 Jan. 4/2 (advt.) The accuracy of this Map, in competition with the Pirated copy, is too well known to require encomiums. 1853 C. M. Smith Working-man's Way in World iv. 56 (heading) Pirated editions of Scott's novels. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) iii. vii. 289 Another, I heard, was married on a work of mine in a pirated edition. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 5 Dec. (1962) II. 1103 I hear from Stieglitz there are two pirated editions, photographed from my edition, and with forged signatures. 1991 K. Jones Learning not to be First xv. 190 There was no international copyright and pirated editions of works were common. 2. Of any manufactured item: copied without authorization; reproduced in infringement of patent or copyright. ΚΠ 1817 Times 22 Aug. 4/1 Persons in London, and other places, are offering for sale spurious preparations under the name of Seidlitz Powders, with pirated Labels and Directions. 1851 Sci. Amer. 2 Aug. 365/3 A pirated invention at the world's fair. 1916 E. W. Sargent Technique Photoplay (ed. 3) 361 Dupe, a pirated print of a film. 1989 T. Bodett End of Road ii. xiv. 148 She opened with just a handful of pirated films her sister would bootleg off the movie channels down in Seattle. 2002 S. Coogan et al. Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word (2003) 409/1 My cousin did once buy a pirated Tweenie from a covered market. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1705 |
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