Hyphenation of pirate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pirate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of pirate:

1.	Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
2.	Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
3.	A ship that is manned by pirates
4.	Copy illegally Of published material
5.	Take arbitrarily or by force The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami

Synonyms of pirate:

noun	plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, thief, stealer
noun	buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
noun	pirate ship, ship
verb	steal
verb	commandeer, hijack, highjack, seize

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.