noun
pirate; pirates
Refers to sea robbers or, by extension, to unauthorized copiers. Often used in sports team names (e.g., Pittsburgh Pirates).
カリブ海には昔、パイレーツがたくさんいた。
There used to be many pirates in the Caribbean Sea.
彼はパイレーツの帽子をかぶっている。
He is wearing a pirate hat.
Native Japanese word for 'pirate'. パイレーツ is a loanword often used in modern or Western contexts, while 海賊 is the traditional term.
Borrowed from English 'pirates'.